“Improbable Research: Unreadability, Candy-Snatching, Counter-Clockwise“, in the special Music issue of the Annals of Improbable Research, gathers research about unreadability, candy-snatching, and maybe why some kinds of races are mostly run counter-clockwise. Read the article free (PDF). Then, if you dare, purchase the issue, or subscribe to the magazine.
Tag: candy
Upper-class People More Likely to Take Candy From Babies [research study]
Entitlements inspire this study of adults taking candy from babies: “Higher Social Class Predicts Increased Unethical Behavior,” Paul K. Piff, Daniel M. Stancato, Stéphane Côté, Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton, and Dacher Keltner, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 109, no. 11, 2012, pp. 4086-4091. The authors, at the University of California, Berkeley, the University of […]
Candied orange agony: “I continue to control the hell out of the variables”
Ann Finkbeiner writes about the tricky chemistry and physics of candied orange peel made according to the recipe of a Hungarian physicist’s grandmother. Here’s a passage from the middle of the lament: …The recipe no longer works. I continue to control the hell out of the variables. I use the same amount of orange peel, […]
Candy elasticity as a sticky, gooey innovation in economics
Economics, candy, and politics have found a new way to mix. This study makes that, at least, clear: “Candy Elasticity: Halloween Experiments on Public Political Statements,” Julian Jamison and Dean Karlan [pictured here], Economic Inquiry, epub June 15, 2015. (Thanks to Sendhil Mullainathan for bringing this to our attention.) The authors, at the Consumer Financial Protection […]