Can a cat be both a solid and a liquid? A physics paper explores this question, using a special number called the “Deborah number”. We explore that physics paper, in this week’s Improbable Research podcast. SUBSCRIBE on Play.it, iTunes, or Spotify to get a new episode every week, free. This week, Marc Abrahams teams up with fluid dynamicist Nicole Sharp, creator of FYFD, the […]
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Bats versus cats and wind turbines
Wind turbines kill, on average, two bats a month, says a newly published study. The New York Times clarifies this threat: A new study of wind turbines in Britain found that each turbine killed one to two bats each month on average… The risks to birds of the blades of wind turbines are becoming well understood, […]
Do Cats Sometimes Pay Some Attention to Their Owners? [Podcast 73]
The whether and when and how often of cats possibly paying attention to their owners is the main thing in this week’s Improbable Research podcast. Oh, and lots of Jean Berko Gleason and her cat, Foster. SUBSCRIBE on Play.it, iTunes, or Spotify to get a new episode every week, free. This week, Marc Abrahams — with dramatic readings by Boston University psychologist Jean Berko Gleason — […]
The cat-flap as a psychoanalytic metaphor
Stefano Bolognini, who is president of the International Psychoanalytical Association explores the usefulness of the cat-flap as a psychoanalytic metaphor in his book ‘Secret Passages : The Theory and Technique of Interpsychic Relations’ (2011 – Routledge). The book is reviewed by Professor Cordelia Schmidt Hellerau in an essay entitled ‘SECRET PASSAGES:SOPHISTICATING THE CAT-FLAP’ (in: Psychoanalytic […]