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Tag: shot

Brain Size and the Risk of Getting Shot

November 2, 2016 Marc Abrahams

Some humans are always hunting for thoughts about their brains. Some humans are always hunting for birds. Sometimes, as in a newly published research study, these sometimes occurrences combine in provocative ways. The study is: “Brain Size and the Risk of Getting Shot,” Anders Pape Møller, Johannes Erritzøe, Biology Letters, vol. 12, no. 11, November […]

Research NewsBirds, brain, shot, Size

If you’re going to be shot, it’s safer to be naked, in a way

July 17, 2014 Marc Abrahams

Yes, if you’re going to be shot, it’s safer to be naked, in a way, says this study: “Clothing increases the risk of indirect ballistic fractures,” David C. Kieser, Debra J. Carr, Sandra CJ Leclair, Ian Horsfall [pictured here], Jean-Claude Theis, Michael V. Swain, and Jules A. Kieser, Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, vol. […]

Research Newsguns, injury, knives, naked, shot

Is this what happens when you see the gorilla?

June 4, 2014 Marc Abrahams

Unintentionally harking back to the Ig Nobel Prize-winning “Did You See the Gorilla” experiment, a Seattle PI news report says: Costumed Zoo Employee Taken Down by Veterinarian with a Tranquilizer Dart – the Vet Mistook Him for a Real Gorilla Loro Parque, an amusement park located on a Spanish island off the coast of Africa where […]

Arts and Science, Ig Nobelgorilla, see, shot, suit
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