Dan Graur has joined the Luxuriant Former Hair Club for Scientists (LFHCfS). He says: Thirty years ago my brain started growing rapidly, thus pushing the hair roots outward. I am currently much wiser than I was as a doctoral student. Interestingly, all my male Ph.D. students also show signs of brain growth. Dan Graur, Ph.D., LFHCfS John and Rebecca Moores […]
An academic squint at mermaids
Choosing to step in roundabout fashion into the question of the mermaid, Deep Sea News begins its mermaid essay by saying: “It is hard to know where to start in describing Karl Banse, professor emeritus at the University of Washington. He is one of the world’s leading biological oceanography…. In 1998, the American Society for Limnology and Oceanography awarded […]
The Case of the Four Goodmans
Our Multiplicity of Authors project gains a four-Goodman item (thanks to investigator Dorothy Petersen): “A Few Goodmen: Surname-Sharing Economist Coauthors,” Allen C. Goodman [Wayne State University], Joshua Goodman [Harvard University], Lucas Goodman [University of Maryland], Sarena Goodman [Federal Reserve Board], June 5, 2014. The authors explain: “We explore the phenomenon of coauthorship by economists who […]
The destructive effect of spectacle handles
This illustration demonstrates “the destructive effect of spectacle handles” for computer programs designed to automatically detect and measure the shape of a person’s ear. From one point of view, this shows that you are acting unfairly if you wear eyeglasses to an airport or bank or any other place where you are likely to be […]