Research maw

This image of a terrifically toothy open mouth greets visitors to the Shi Lab’s web site at UCLA. We learned about it from Aatish Bhatia, who advises that you go to the site and “click on ‘Research‘ for full effect“: That “Research” page can lead to several little adventures, including a violent little presentation about […]

Was the microwave vital to the burn? The cheese pie question.

Forensic fun puzzle of the day: To what extent, if any, was the microwave vital to the import of this medical report? “Thermal burn of palate caused by microwave heated cheese-pie: A case report,” Cases Journal, Panagiotis Kafas and Christos Stavrianos,  vol.1 (2008): 191. The authors, at Aristotle University, Thessalonica, Greece, report: “A female patient, […]

Improbable Research