“Collapse of the universe is closer than ever before“, says a headline in Space Daily. The report goes on to say: Now we have performed more precise calculations, and we see two things: Yes, the universe will probably collapse , and: A collapse is even more likely than the old calculations predicted”, says Jens Frederik […]
Research on kids’ indifference to, or fear of, Santa Claus
Professor John Trinkaus did several studies documenting the prevalence of indifference or fear among kids visiting Santa Claus in a shopping mall, we remind you. Professor Trinkaus was awarded the 2003 Ig Nobel Prize in literature for for meticulously collecting data and publishing more than 80 detailed academic reports about things that annoyed him (such as: What […]
Mapping noses in the Basque Country
Anthropologist Esther Rebato [pictured here] of the University of the Basque Country has mapped the presence of nasal characteristics in people who dwell in the Basque Country. Her study is: “Aspectos métricos y morfoscópicos de la región nasal en vascos [“Metric aspects and morphoscopic the nasal region in Basques”],” Esther Rebato, Munibe Antropologia – Arkeologia, no. […]
Duck and Pond together, with friends, Romans, countrymen
An academically productive case of Duck encountering Pond (and vice versa): “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your retrospections: Rhetoric and reality in personal relationships,” Steve Duck and Kris Pond, in Clyde Hendrick, (Ed), (1989). Close relationships. Review of personality and social psychology, vol. 10., (pp. 17-38). (Thanks to investigator @ThatNeilMartin for bringing this to our […]