If you had to choose one of the many papers written by mathematicians about cakes, and you had to choose that one at random, you might choose this one: “Better Ways to Cut a Cake,” Steven J. Brams, Michael A. Jones and Christian Klamler, Notices of the American Mathematical Society, December 2006, vol. 53, no. […]
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Effect of Passing Lawn Mowers over Skeletal Remains [study]
Of the forensic studies of the effect of passing lawn mowers over skeletal remains, this is the most recent: “Lemonade from Lemons: The Taphonomic Effect of Lawn Mowers on Skeletal Remains,” D.C. Martin, Gretchen R. Dabbs [pictured here], Lindsey G. Roberts, Journal of Forensic Sciences, epub July 3, 2013. (Thanks to investigator Rolf Zwaan for […]
Conrad’s cutting remarks: Scissors (and WiFi & testicles?)
The organization called CONRAD, together with Nascentis Medicina Reproductiva, Córdoba, Argentina, supplied the researchers who did the research that resulted in the study “Use of laptop computers connected to internet through Wi-Fi decreases human sperm motility and increases sperm DNA fragmentation,” which we mentioned not so long ago. Investigator Julio Ernst commends this song, about Conrad, by […]
The Cheese and Salami Experiments
Through the clever use of cheese in 2004, researchers at the University of Reading claimed to have solved one of life’s great little mysteries. “Why is it relatively difficult, even with a sharp knife, to cut when simply ‘pressing down’, but much easier to cut as soon as some sideways sawing or slicing action is […]