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Chicken chicken chicken subways subways subways
Some say chicken chicken chicken, others say subway, subways, subways. Chicken Chicken Chicken Chicken (the academic study) by Doug Zongker, published in the Annals of Improbable Research, vol. 12, no. 5, September-October 2006, led to Chicken Chicken Chicken, the lecture by Zongker (the lecture was part of the Annals of Improbable Research session at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the […]
Adams apples : examinations (part 1)
Apparently, the artist Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) was embarrassed by the size of his laryngeal prominence. Mr. Rockwell felt, it’s said, that his Adam’s apple protruded unduly, and had been known to take steps to cover it up in public. [pictured right] But possible academic implications of this have remained largely unstudied in scholarly circles – […]
The Fanciful Number 2.9013, Plus or Minus Nothing
Ig Nobel Prize (psychology, 2012) winner Rolf Zwaan writes, in his blog, about the vaunted — yet uncertain — value of a particular number: The Fanciful Number 2.9013, Plus or Minus Nothing Can we capture any aspect of human psychology in a single number? In 1956 a paper entitled The Magical Number Seven Plus or Minus Two saw the light. […]