A new PBS Frontline documentary looks at the morass of accusations — about anthrax terrorism — aimed at two US government scientists, Bruce Ivins and Steven Hatfill, who worked at Fort Dietrick, Maryland. The case against either man has turned out to be less than clear. In all the media discussion of this case, almost […]
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Dr. Shit Fun Chew, Undersung Scientist
Investigator Eileen Peters alterts us to the fact that Dr. Shit F. Chew—our Undersung Scientist of the Month back in December 2004 and again in February 2010—now lists her complete name on her web site. Her complete name is Dr. Shit Fun Chew. Dr. Chew now becomes our first three-time Undersung Scientist of the Month. […]
A brief history of naked Russians swimming for science
Russian science has a tradition of observing naked swimmers. Several years ago we documented Yuri Glebovich Aleyev’s project (which he documented in a book called Nekton). He used an electric winch to tow naked women under water at speeds of two to four metres per second, to better understand how dolphins interact with water. (His logic may […]
Sceret: Sceret Scientist Song, sung
This week’s Sceret Question of the Week is “What is “The Scientist Song’?”. The answer: ‘The Scientist Song’ is a simple song about scientists, written for a TV producer’s challenge to write and sing a song in the studio, and performed by Joe DeGeorge, a physics student at Clark University. The TV program identifies itself […]