Investigators Geri Sullivan, Gavi Levy Haskell and Susan Levy Haskell have knitted a gallery full of bacteria, a few varieties of which are shown here. The undertook the project partly in honor of this year’s Ig Nobel Prize ceremony, where the theme is BACTERIA and where everyone will be covered, one way or another, with […]
Tissue paper, for audio engineers
Audio engineers can, famously, be finicky in selecting the very most right equipment for a task. Investigator Julia Lunetta alerts us to a report about one instance of this: Examining the Yamaha NS-10M “Tissue Paper Phenomenon” An Analysis of the Industry-Wide Practice of Using a Tissue-Paper Layer to Reduce High-Frequency Output by Bob Hodas …As […]
Unambiguously ambiguous about slug sex
New Zealand’s 3News has a good intentionally ambiguous headline: University investigating sea slug sex life Massey University is turning its skills on an ‘urgent, local issue’ – the sex life of a sea slug. “We want to find out who the slugs are having sex with,” says evolutionary geneticist Professor Paul Rainey. “Is it with […]
Hallucination in class
Hallucination is being confined to a classroom, at Georgetown University. The course catalog gives details: * 2010-2011 Course Catalog PHIL-194 Hallucinating Fall only # Faculty: Mattingly, James We all make mistakes. We all sometimes remember things that didn’t really happen and sometimes forget things that really did. We all get confused by optical illusions, and […]