The Associated Press tells of the new study by Ig Nobel Prize (for the study “‘Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder’: People who think they are drunk also think they are attractive“) winner Brad Bushman [pictured here] and colleagues: The researchers studied 107 married couples for three weeks. Each night, they measured […]
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How Ig Nobellian Dr. Fesmire broke his ankle, told with dolls
Behold Ig Nobel Prize winner Dr. Francis Fesmire tell the tantalizing tale of how he broke his ankle in the Samaria Gorge on the Greek Isle of Crete. Dr. Fesmire accomplished the telling in a mere 14 minutes and 58 seconds, assisted by dolls: BONUS: Dr. Fesmire’s Ig Nobel Prize winning study “Termination of Intractable Hiccups with […]
A joining of dark interests in London—Nov 30
Two subjects we’ve written about will come together in London on November 30. John Troyer, the man behind this (The Ghoulish State of Necrophilia Law) and this (Corpse case arises anew, again) will talk at a showing of the documentary film about this (The First Lady of Miniature CSI). It will happen at a venue […]
The First Lady of Miniature CSI
Frances Glessner Lee, the giant astride the world of miniature crime scenes, died nearly 50 years ago. Lee built a collection of what she called “nutshell studies“, each a tiny, high-precision recreation of a room in which a murder had been committed. Each featured a little victim, in or on whom the wee murder weapon was embedded […]
Grow your mind (with dolls)
“We have been unable to find literature which specifically examines doll-making within an organizational context, or as a form of leadership development.” – explain Dr. Patricia Gayá Wicks and Dr. Ann Rippin from the Department of Management at the University of Bristol, UK. To address this gap in the literature, 20 participants on an MSc. […]