Steven Pinker, psychology professor extraordinaire and charter member of the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists (LFHCfS), gave an interview to Colleen Walsh of the Harvard Gazette. Here is the concluding section of the interview. The accompanying photo is by Stephanie Mitchell of the Harvard News Office: Q: No Steven Pinker interview would be complete […]
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Danish celebration of the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists (LFHCfS)
The Danish magazine Dansk Magisterbladet published a celebration of the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists (LFCHfS). BONUS: The magazine looked at the Ig Nobel Prizes two years ago, on page 14 of their November 2012 issue.
Physics exercise: Drude’s mustache
Today’s Physics Exercise of the Day: Calculate the forces acting upon the mustache of Paul Karl Ludwig Drude. Drude was editor of the journal Annelin der Physik from 1900 to 1906.
A technological way to create temporary images in/on a head of hair
Everyone with a head of hair—not just the members of the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists (LFHCfS)—is likely to be intrigued by this new patent for creating images in/on a head of hair. Think of the images as nano-patterned temporary tattoos, if you like: “Hair treatment process providing dispersed colors by light diffraction,” US patent […]