One way to measure a human subject’s intranasal volume is to perform a structural whole-brain T1-weighted MRI scan, and then use computerised volumetric image analysis software on the resulting data. But is there an easier way? Yes, there is, according to a group of researchers from the Taste and Smell Clinic, University Hospital Carl Gustav […]
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Mapping noses in the Basque Country
Anthropologist Esther Rebato [pictured here] of the University of the Basque Country has mapped the presence of nasal characteristics in people who dwell in the Basque Country. Her study is: “Aspectos métricos y morfoscópicos de la región nasal en vascos [“Metric aspects and morphoscopic the nasal region in Basques”],” Esther Rebato, Munibe Antropologia – Arkeologia, no. […]
Magazine: “And More Body Parts” Issue
The special And More Body Parts issue (vol. 18, no. 2) of the magazine (the Annals of Improbable Research) is now online. It’s got lots about feet and heads and belly navels—and much more. The pleasing-paper version was mailed to subscribers a short while ago. Click on the magazine cover (below) to download a free PDF, […]
Body parts, and then some
This curious music video, featuring a naked woman and then some,and then less, and then more, is more or less about body parts. So is the January/February issue of the Annals of Improbable Research, but in different ways. [vimeo]23959917[/vimeo] (via io9)