The groundwork for research into the occurrence of laughter at the US Supreme Court was initially provided by Professor Jay D. Wexler (of Boston University School of Law) in his 2005 article for Green Bag (second series, Volume 9, number 1) entitled : “Laugh Track”. The professor had made the decision to quantify the laughter […]
Anatomy lesson: “man caught with crack in buttocks”
The beginning of a news report on the Wicked Local web site, in Massachusetts: In Framingham, man caught with crack in buttocks By Norman Miller/Daily News staff The MetroWest Daily News Posted May 16, 2013 @ 12:01 AM FRAMINGHAM — A Dorchester man who sold drugs hid a plastic bag full of crack cocaine in his buttocks […]
24/7 Lectures: A thoughtful Battle in The Netherlands 28/5
On May 28, 2013, in Raamsteeg2, Leiden, The Netherlands, six prominent Dutch scientists will present their field of research by giving a complete technical description, in Dutch, in twenty-four (24) seconds, followed by a clear summary that anyone can understand, in seven (7) Dutch words. The best of these 24/7 speakers will be invited to […]
Study builds on Ig-Nobel-winning smelly-feet/malaria work
A new study — about malaria-causing mosquitos and stinky human feet — builds on the Ig Nobel Prize-winning experiments performed by Bart Knols and Ruurd de Jong. Knols and de Jong also showed that the mosquitoes are attracted to the smell of limburger cheese. [Knols described that research publicly again last week at the Ig […]