Joyous news about a contrarian study of upside-down-carcass theory, reported this month in the journal that published the study: “Authors of outstanding article receive Senckenberg Award!” Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, November 2013. We are pleased to announce, that the Alexander von Humboldt-Gedächtnispreis 2013 was awarded to authors of the following article, published in the special issue […]
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The Coffin Blew Up (and maybe something about why it did)
This newspaper report gives public details about an embarrassing explosion: “The Coffin Blew Up“, The Meridan [Missouri, USA] Daily Republican, July 21, 1890. (Thanks to investigator Erwin Kompanje for bringing this to our attention.) Here is a reproduction of the entire article: BONUS (mostly unrelated): The 2012 Ig Nobel Prize for medicine honored the […]
How to blow up a cow (officially)
The BBC reports (HT Adam Orbit) that US authorities might explode some dead cows: Frozen Colorado cows may be blown up A group of stray cows that froze to death in the Colorado mountains must be blown up or set on fire to avoid water contamination, forestry officials say. The carcasses were discovered near the Conundrum Hot […]
The Exploding Toilet(s) of Washington, DC
Washington, DC suffered a tiny rash of exploding toilets [or toilet—it’s unclear whether more than one exploded] “on or around September 26, 2011“, according to a report by Tom Nash of Muckrock: Six months after what was probably the worst Monday of all time for two General Services Administration employees and the symbol du jour of […]