Investigator Frank Wiedmann writes: Regarding your recent story ("The Story of O") about the capital letter O: here is a scientist who will probably sign this way: Professor Kenneth O, of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Florida.
Category: Improbable Investigators
People who do research that makes people LAUGH, then THINK.
Not a mouse
"Thinking it was a mouse, I went to investigate the sound," Balick said Wednesday. "The sound was coming from under some papers which I lifted, expecting to see the mouse scamper away…. The next day Balick, 32, took it to Britain’s Natural History Museum, which identified the insect as a Scolopendra gigantea – the world’s […]
Dobson: easy-change
A reader writes about an under-reported scientific breakthough: I was curious about Dr. James Dobson and his Focus on Family organization given his prominent role in American politics. I learned at his website that it is easier to change one’s sexual orientation than to overcome shyness.
How to attract attention?
How can you attract media attention to yourself? The question must nag at a few of the many, many, many, many, many people who have presumably labored long and hard at their chosen work despite the fact that the world as a whole has perhaps very, very, very, very, very unfairly declined or neglected to […]