This week’s Feedback column (that I write) in New Scientist magazine has five segments. Here are bits of each of them: Threatened masculinity — … Psychology research procedures can be innovative and intricate, especially in the US. A study called “Examining the effect of threatened masculinity on gun violence” by Brittany Vincent and her colleagues at St. Joseph’s University […]
If you were to give (male) students a Desert Eagle™ automatic handgun (replica) to handle* for a few minutes, would their testosterone levels rise? If so, would they be more inclined to dose a cup of water with FRANK’S® RedHot® sauce which they believed another (male) subject would have to drink?* Such questions were asked […]
Yes, if you’re going to be shot, it’s safer to be naked, in a way, says this study: “Clothing increases the risk of indirect ballistic fractures,” David C. Kieser, Debra J. Carr, Sandra CJ Leclair, Ian Horsfall [pictured here], Jean-Claude Theis, Michael V. Swain, and Jules A. Kieser, Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, vol. […]
What, if any, are the similarities, or if you prefer, the ‘correspondences’, between possible US imperialistic tendencies and golf? For answers, see : ‘The Place of Golf in U.S. Imperialism‘ in the Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 2002, 26: 331. It’s by C.L. Cole, who is Professor of Media and Cinema Studies; Professor of […]
“All over the world, mostly adolescent boys enjoy building and firing […] combustion-powered guns launching chunks of potatoes into the environment.” “Although potato cannons are an area of great interest among internet users, they are almost completely unknown in the medical community.” At least they were – until details of the experimental work by Matthias […]