“A Canadian journal has issued corrections on 138 case reports it published over the last 25 years to add a disclaimer: The cases described are fictional,” says Retraction Watch, which supplies details. The journal is Paediatrics & Child Health. (Thanks to Eugenie Samuel Reich for bringing this to our attention.)
How Many Slices Does a Mandarin Have? A Three-Year Household Investigation Conducted Under Conditions of Seasonal Citrus Oversupply by David Balmer¹, Gabriel Balmer¹, Siegfried Hapfelmeier², Maria Luisa Balmer²* ¹ Citizen scientists, ² Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Switzerland, *Corresponding author Abstract During the European winter months, mandarins and oranges achieve near-monopolistic status in the […]
Marcus Müller has joined the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists™ (LFHCfS). He says: “Since I learned about its existence from your esteemed member, Kristina Collins, PhD in the science of sciency things involving atmosphere, radio waves and human social hobbies, at the impressionable age of 37 years, I dreamt of becoming a member. It […]
The special STRESS issue (volume 32, number 2, March/April 2026) of the magazine Annals of Improbable Research has gone go out to subscribers. Even if you are not a subscriber you can read several of its articles online free, for looks at many aspects of digestion and/or indigestion: Stress Research Review: Bungee Jumping, Hair Growth* Boredom/Excitement/Stress* […]