Professor Geoffrey Miller, winner of the 2008 Ig Nobel prize in economics for discovering that professional lap dancers earn higher tips when they are ovulating, analyzed the imminent British Royal wedding [the main participants of which are pictured here]. His report is published in New Scientist. It begins: One confusing thing about living in a […]
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Savate, s’il vous plaît: British take on French boxing
Historic footage of savate, a French style of boxing. The first film clip offers historic British commentary. The narrator says: “After the recent British heavyweight box contests, let’s take a look a the French ring, where men are men. On the left, Battling Gaston, the brutal bruiser. On the right, Pretty Pierre, who packs a […]
BAD Guidelines Aplenty
BAD Guidelines are guidelines produced by the British Association of Dermatologists. The association must be either (1) aware or (2) unaware that its acronym provokes notice. (We would be interested in hearing from any historian who knows the internal politics behind choosing and propagating that curious acronym. (Thanks to investigator Ivan Oransky for bringing it […]
Meditation and/or prayer vs. crime
In the spirit of Ig Nobel Prize winner John Hagelin, the British government is trying prayer as a means to cut crime both by criminals and by policemen, according to this report in The Independent: A Christian policing group which believes that the power of prayer can catch criminals and keep officers safe from harm […]