Our columns in other publications — The ‘Feedback’ column in New Scientist magazine, beginning in September 2022, and the “Improbable Research”column that ran for 13 years in The Guardian newspaper.
This week’s Feedback column (that I write) in New Scientist magazine has five segments. Here are bits of each of them: Legless on the shore — Extremities can bring confusion even to trained experts. Joanna Glengarry and Melanie Archer at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine in Australia warn that forensic pathologists and anthropologists “should be prepared to […]
This week’s Feedback column (that I write) in New Scientist magazine has four segments. Here are bits of each of them: Mid-air collision — To learn whether air taxi passengers need worry about collisions with birds, a crash programme in Germany did some tests. What with the complexity and danger of having actual air taxis have congress with actual […]
This week’s Feedback column (that I write) in New Scientist magazine has four segments. Here are bits of each of them: Pet contributions — … Brad D. Lee of the University of Kentucky will present his views on the topic “Companion canine nutrient contributions to peri-urban environments“ … Mussel-bound death — … “Dramatic is the fate of a […]
This week’s Feedback column (that I write) in New Scientist magazine has five segments. Here are bits of each of them: Love ostriches — The known risks – corporate, financial, personal, sexual – of starting an ostrich farm are perhaps not so well known in New England as in old England…. Coffee aromatherapy — Praewpat Pachimsawat, Manita Tammayan, […]