If you have not yet read a review of Love Your Gusset, here is an opportunity to try to read one: “Review of Love Your Gusset: Making Friends with Your Pelvic Floor,” Walter Pierre Bouman, Sexual and Relationship Therapy, vol. 23, no. 2, 2008, pp.173-174.
Mechanical Engineers’ [ASME] Quiz About the Ig Nobel Prizes
ASME, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, is running a quiz about the Ig Nobel Prizes. Here is their introduction: Quiz: The Ig Nobel Prize and Odd Research Not all research is created equal. Try this quiz on the Ig Nobel Prize that calls out what appears to be silly. The Nobel Prize may be […]
The final recalibration of Ig Nobel Prize winner Pat Robertson
Ig Nobel Prize winner Pat Robertson — who predicted that the world would end in 1982 — died today (June 8, 2023), according to numerous news reports. The 2011 Ig Nobel Mathematics Prize was awarded to: Dorothy Martin of the USA (who predicted the world would end in 1954), Pat Robertson of the USA (who […]
Window Pains, Hamburger & Fries, Stone on Stone, 2 New Superpowers
This week’s Feedback column (that I write) in New Scientist magazine has five segments. Here are bits of each of them: Window Pains — When you donate your future former self “to science”, your generosity might open a door (and, as you will see, close a window) to adventure. A 2012 paper titled “Finger injuries caused by […]




