Left and right and hobbies in Greece all existed for a long time before anyone took a long look into whether they might be connected or interrelated. That long look gets a writeup in the study: “Handedness and Hobby Preference,” O. Giotakos, Perceptual and Motor Skills, vol. 98, no. 3, part 1, June 2004, pp. […]
To those who compile collections of trivial and spurious words for phobias: here’s a brand new old one to add to the list. From the November 19, 1904 New York Medical Journal, volume LXXX (issue 21), page 987: Web searches for “dapanophobia” finds absolutely nothing, except for this one paragraph published in various venues. “δαπανοφοβία” finds nothing […]
A song about the Ebbesmeyer analysis of rubber ducks and ocean currents: A demonstration in which a Salmon (Felix Salmon) uses rubber ducks in water to explain the Greek financial crisis:
Wrapping up our celebration of Pot Week, here’s a singular pot study. “Keeping an Eye on Your Pots: The Provenance of Neolithic Ceramics from the Cave of the Cyclops, Youra, Greece,” Patrick Quinn, Peter Day, Vassilis Kilikoglou, Edward Faber, Stella Katsarou-Tzeveleki, Adamantios Sampson, Journal of Archaeological Science, Volume 37, Issue 5, May 2010, Pages 1042-1052, […]