Sadomasochism, a Stroop test, and a dorsolateral prefrontal cortex figure prominently, almost exclusively, in the Huffington Post’s report about the highlights of the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, along with a Dance of Souls: Called the “Dance of Souls,” this ritual involves people getting temporary skin piercings, through which hooks attached to […]
World Sword Swallower’s Day, created by an Ig Nobel Prize winner
Today, February 22, is International Sword Swallowers Day, created by sword swallower — and Ig Nobel Prize winner — Dan Meyer, who also created the organization Sword Swallowers Association International, of which he serves as president. Dan, an American, together with Dr. Brian Witcombe, a Briton, shared the 2007 Ig Nobel Prize for medicine, for their penetrating […]
Further studies on wallaby tendon
Wallaby tendon is not just a useful material for surgical sutures.; it can be analyzed for its elastic properties in comparison to the tendons of other animals, and can be used as a model in surgical studies. Physiologists have also been interested in the kinetics of kangaroo and wallaby hopping, to address issues such as […]
The Blonsky centrifugal birthing device in Dublin
The Science Gallery in Dublin has built a full-scale model of the Ig Nobel Prize-winning Blonsky birthing device, and placed it next to the window where passersby can admire and wonder at it: This is part of the Science Gallery’s gala “Fail Better” exhibition, which runs from February 2 through April 27, 2014. The gallery […]