When disco fever hit academia

However serious they were about discotheques, most researchers kept quiet about it for a long time. Then a glorious decade gave birth to two pools of disco studies. One describes injuries, illnesses and other ills that should or could be blamed on discos and disco music. The other tells about a world of exciting disco-inspired […]

Fractions divide a town

The exact count of the vote — 136 to 70 —had town officials hitting their calculators yesterday. The zoning measure needed a two-thirds vote to pass. A calculation by town accountant Trudy Brazil indicated that 136 votes are two-thirds of 206 total votes, said Town Clerk Cynthia Slade. Brazil said she used the calculation of […]

Noah Gray joins LFHCfS

Noah Gray has joined the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists. He says: Former graduate student in molecular neuroscience. Former postdoctoral researcher in synapse and circuit biology. Current neuroscience editor for Nature. Science, publishing and Web 2.0 obsessed. This is the second time in my life I have grown luxuriant flowing hair and definitely represents […]

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