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Tag: quack

An answer to the duck-quack-doesn’t-echo conjecture

August 20, 2016 Marc Abrahams

Certain persons at the University of Salford decided it was necessary to answer an old supposition: we proved that a duck’s quack does echo (Thanks to investigator Dany Adams for bringing this to our attention.)

Arts and Science, Research Newsduck, echo, quack

Nominative determinism: Dr. No Kwak

July 3, 2016 Marc Abrahams

In the United States, and in some other countries, no doctor wants to be called “a quack“. (An entire web site called Quackwatch devotes itself to reporting on doctors who are, in the view of Quackwatch, quacks.) Doctors who fear being called “a quack” can but envy No Kwak, MD. Everyone can happily agree that […]

Improbable Investigatorskwak, nominative determinism, quack

The tweets of Dr. Kwak (Twitter Investigator)

November 28, 2015 Martin Gardiner

The tweets of Dr. Kwak, who is an expert on Twitter [being the lead author of ‘What is Twitter, a social network or a news media?’ (cited 3,000+ times)] may be found here.

Arts and Science, Research Newsbird, duck, quack, tweet, twitter

Medical quack warning from the 1950s

September 1, 2013 Marc Abrahams

This warning about medical quackery, made in the 1950s, is still pertinent. It stars actor Raymond Massey:

Arts and Sciencequack, quackery, Raymond Massey, warning
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