Murphys’ Law — and confusion about who gave it that name — figure heavily in this week’s Improbable Research podcast. LISTEN on Play.it or iTunes (or DOWNLOAD it, and listen later). SUBSCRIBE on Play.it or iTunes, to get a new episode every week, free. This week, Marc Abrahams tells about: The birth of “Murphy’s Law”. (For a detailed history of the naming and subsequent history of Murphy’s Law — and the heroic role played by John Paul […]
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Podcast #9: Psychotic security guards
Psychotic security guards figure heavily in this week’s Improbable Research podcast. LISTEN on Play.it or iTunes (or DOWNLOAD it, and listen later). SUBSCRIBE on Play.it or iTunes, to get a new episode every week, free. This week, Marc Abrahams tells about: Psychotic security guards. (Silva, J. A., G. B. Leong, and R. Weinstock (1993). ‘The Psychotic Patient as Security Guard.’ Journal of Forensic Sciences 38 (6): 1436–40.) Extracting the wrong tooth. (“The Case of the Wrong […]
Podcast #8: The scientists who taste-tested tadpoles
The scientists who taste-tested tadpoles figure heavily in this week’s Improbable Research podcast. LISTEN on Play.it or iTunes (or DOWNLOAD it, and listen later). SUBSCRIBE on Play.it or iTunes, to get a new episode every week, free. This week, Marc Abrahams tells about: Taste-testing tadpoles. (Richard Wassersug, and earlier, at Dalhousie University/ “On the Comparative Palatability of Some Dry-Season Tadpoles from Costa Rica,” American Midland Naturalist, vol. 86, no. 1, July 1971, pp. 101-9. / […]
Podcast #7: Trinkaus, a further look (at things that annoy him)
Continuing what we started last week (in Podcast #6) the happily annoyed works of Professor John Trinkaus — who counts things that annoy him — bubble further forth in this week’s Improbable Research podcast. LISTEN on Play.it or iTunes (or DOWNLOAD it, and listen later). SUBSCRIBE on Play.it or iTunes, to get a new episode every week, free. This week, Marc Abrahams tells about: A further look at John Trinkaus and his […]