This week’s Feedback column (that I write) in New Scientist magazine has four segments. Here are bits of each of them: Comparatively: People who own dogs or cats — Leah Michelle Baines and Jessica Lee Oliva at James Cook University in Australia say they have discovered that people who own dogs tend to be more resilient than those […]
This study attempted to see how giving a cup of coffee, or not giving a cup of coffee, to 22 old people would affect the balance of those old people. The study is: “The acute effects of coffee ingestion on postural control and physical function in older adults: A randomised crossover trial,” Darren L. Richardson, […]
“Well, in true scientific form, the Ig Nobels have left me with a lot of questions and absolutely no answers whatsoever, so we can chalk up this edition of the awards as a resounding success!” — Eshaan Joshi, in his article “The winners of the 2024 Ig Nobel awards” in The Tartan, Carnegie Mellon University
This week’s Feedback column (that I write) in New Scientist magazine has four segments. Here are bits of each of them: Chicken blushing — People — humans — blush. Chickens aren’t entirely inhuman in that they, too, show emotions on their facial skin. Delphine Soulet at the University of Tours, France, and colleagues have explored how skin redness […]