The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (formerly and lovingly known as the Centers for Disease Control) have/has issued a statistics-based safety reminder for New Year’s Eve celebrants. The full report appears in the December 24, 2004 issue of MMWR. Here are some highlights: New Year’s Eve Injuries Caused by Celebratory Gunfire — Puerto Rico, […]
Category: Research News
Research — on any and all subjects — that makes people LAUGH, then THINK.
Boys Will Be Boys
"Boys Will Be Boys." The column of that name runs in every issue of the Annals of Improbable Research. The column from the November-December issue is on our web site, as well as in the magazine.
Do you have restless legs?
Do you truly have restless legs? Consider, then, the work of the Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation.
Facing Santa
Pediatric reactions to Santa Claus are photo-documented in a new research project. Based in South Florida, the project would seem to confirm the disturbing findings reported last year (and subsequently in more detail) by 2003 Ig Nobel Literature Prize winner John Trinkaus.