“Tracking the Air Exhaled by an Opera Singer” [by Philippe Bourrianne, Paul R. Kaneelil, Manouk Abkarian, and Howard A. Stone, Physical Review Fluids, vol. 6, no. 11, 2021] is one of the studies featured in “Viruses Research Review: Group Sex, Singer, Saint, Count“, which is a featured article in the special Viruses and Pandemics issue […]
The airflow from a trained opera singer has been studied intensively. It led to this video, a year ago, and now to a published study (and a new video, too). The study is “Tracking the Air Exhaled by an Opera Singer,” Philippe Bourrianne, Paul R. Kaneelil, Manouk Abkarian, and Howard A. Stone, Physical Review Fluids, […]
“Discovery could lead to more potent garlic, boosting flavor and bad breath” is the punch-in-the-nose headline in a news release from Virginia Tech. The lead researcher [pictured here, gazing at a test tube] explains: “This information changes the whole story about how garlic could be improved or we could make the compounds responsible of its […]
Famous Monks with Bad Breath, Porn Research, Icky Cutesy Research Review, Missing Pieces Research Review, Amorous Ostriches and Exposure at Sea, and The Plastic Pink Flamingo. In episode #210, Marc Abrahams shows some unfamiliar research studies to Jean Berko Gleason, Melissa Franklin, and Richard Baguley. Dramatic readings and reactions ensue. This episode was also aided and perhaps abetted by […]
Investigator Dan Heck summarizes a new study. Heck says: “Moon dust, or above ground dirt, is apparently as toxic as regular ground dirt, but not ground dirt, which is about as toxic as unground dirt.” The study is: “Estimate of safe human exposure levels for lunar dust based on comparative benchmark dose modeling,” John T. […]