In this photo, geologist Ian West demonstrates how to hold a stick: West is pointing the stick at some of the geology on display at Lyme Regis Westward, on the Wessex coast of southern England.
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For Enthusiasts of Sticks of Butter
Two items, one old, one new, for enthusiasts of sticks of butter. First, a patent: “Combined storing and slicing device for a stick of butter or margarine or the like,” US patent #4513501, granted to Jong S. Lee, April 30, 1983. The patent document explains: “The present invention relates to a combined storing and slicing device […]
How Not to Poke a Stick at a Machine Gun Bullet
There are many ways to clean a machine gun. Some of those ways are better than the one described in this study: “Unusual ignition of a bullet causing hand injury: case report,” Abdul Kerim Yapici, Salim Kemal Tuncer, Umit Kaldirim, Ibrahim Arziman, Mehmet Toygar, Injury Extra, epub November 19, 2013. The authors, at Gulhane Military […]
“Humans will befriend a stick — as long as it moves properly”
Maggie Koerth-Baker profiles, in BoingBoing, the story behind this moving video of how people respond to a stick that moves in ways that seem un-stick-likely. BoingBoing sums it up with the headline “Humans will befriend a stick — as long as it moves properly“: A 2011 paper, by scientists at the University of Calgary, documenting […]