We reproduce only a portion of the image for this medical report. To see the full image, follow the link to the NEJM site. “A Viper Bite,” Tajamul Hussain [pictured here] and Rafi A. Jan, New England Journal of Medicine [NEJM], vol. 373, no. 11, September 10, 2015. The authors, at Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical […]
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Ig Nobellian Miller’s new use for 3D printing: Women’s penis size recall
Geoffrey Miller, who shared a 2008 Ig Nobel Prize, for research on lap dancers’ fertility and earning power, continues his relentless pursuit of knowledge. Professor Miller and several colleagues have come up with a new use for 3D printing. They tell all in the new study: “Women’s Preferences for Penis Size: A New Research Method Using Selection […]
Cock-Eyed Optimism: Using a Foreskin to Repair Eyelids
This study documents a case of cock-eyed optimism in a German surgical team, and the presumably happy result for the patient: “Cicatricial ectropion in ichthyosis: a novel approach to treatment,” Detlef Uthoff [pictured here], M. Gorney and C. Teichmann, Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, June 1994, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 92-5. The authors, at […]
Westling’s lightning-rod economic growth thesis
Tatu Westling wrote an economics paper linking two things he has pondered intensely: “Male Organ and Economic Growth: Does Size Matter?” Tatu Westling, Helsinki Center of Economic Research Discussion Paper No. 335, July 2011. The author, at the University of Helsinki, Finland, explains: “This study explores the link between economic growth and penile length between 1960 […]