The Sept/Oct issue (vol. 10, no. 5) of AIR has a special “Cat Research Review.”
Category: Research News
Research — on any and all subjects — that makes people LAUGH, then THINK.
The Further Adventures of S. Sandford
Today’s New York Times Sunday Magazine has a long, exciting report about the work of AIR editorial board member and author Scott Sandford and his colleagues. The report begins: September 26, 2004 The Genesis Project By CHARLES SIEBERT One morning, a little more than a year from now, a group of scientists, members of what […]
Do Penguins Topple?
It’s a good time (probably, it’s ALWAYS a good time) for a look back at the question of whether penguins topple backwards when watching aircraft fly over. Richard Stone reportedly feels that his work was misinterpreted. According to the British Antarctic Survey, in an official announcement: “The research is not funny at all! … Dr […]
Cooking With Lava
In recent years several cooking techniques have been refined. Among them are cooking with lava, and the many innovations of Heston Blumenthal, of whom The Observer wrote: For example his famed bacon and egg ice cream came about through his interest in ‘flavour encapsulation’: the principle of which means a single coffee bean crushed in […]