Research — on any and all subjects — that makes people LAUGH, then THINK.
The question for dental professionals looms perhaps large: should they urge patients to use garlic as a mouthwash? This review study tries to find an answer to that question: “The Clinical Antimicrobial Efficacy of Garlic Extract (Allium Sativum) Compared to Chlorhexidine Mouthwash: A Systematic Review,” Youmna Ahmed Abdelaal, Heba Talal Saeed, Malak Ahmad Elayyan, Sara […]
There’s another new episode of the TV adventure documentary series about Japanese Ig Nobel Prize winners, produced by the NHK network. This one is called “Rendering People Speechless.” The series is called “Laugh Then Think — Japan’s Offbeat Science”. The episodes are watchable online, each for a year after its first broadcast. They are also […]
Silent bared-teeth and rapid facial mimicry come to the fore, in this new study about what can happen when two participants face off during sex, when and if those two participants are bonobos. The study is: “SEX in Bonobos: The Intensity of Sexual Stimulation Sharply Drops After Facial Mimicry,” Martina Francesconi, Alice Galotti, Yannick Jadoul, […]
There is almost a sweetness to the title of this study, almost: “Epidemiology of Reindeer Parasites,” Odd Halvorsen, Parasitology Today, vol. 2, no. 12, 1986, pp. 334-339. (Thanks to Sip Siperstein for bringing this to our attention.) The author says: “Every Christmas we sing about Rudolph the red-nosed Reindeer, but do we give much thought […]