Coffee and Breast Size

Seemingly unrelated factors come together in this coffee-fueled study: “Coffee intake and CYP1A2*1F genotype predict breast volume in young women: implications for breast cancer,” Helena Jernstrom, M Henningson, U Johansson and H Olsson, British Journal of Cancer, vol. 99, no. 9, November 2008, pp. 1534-8. (Thanks to Sara Rörbecker for bringing this to our attention.) […]

Bodnar’s bra: Size does not matter

Ig Nobel Prize-winning bra/facemask inventor Elena Bodnar explains and demonstrates, on Swiss TV’s “20 Minuten Online”, why size does not matter. UPDATE: Dr. Bodnar will be appearing at the Improbable Research session at the AAAS Annual Meeting, in February in San Diego, and also on the Ig Nobel Tour of the UK, in March. Details […]