Now that Valentine’s day is rapidly approaching, have you considered presenting a romantic partner with some jewellery made from your spit? A research project at Aalto University, Finland suggests that you could. Oron Catts and Marika Hellman of the university’s Biofilia Lab explain: “First, some water is held in the mouth for a moment and […]
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A love-ly code: The Cupid Stamp Lovers’ Code
The Tower Project Blog explores, a bit, a love-ly code: This pamphlet Cupid’s code for the transmission of secret messages by means of the language of postage stamps by Bury George: The code uses the position and orientation of the stamp – with eight positions and eight orientations there are 64 basic messages – or 128 if […]
Liverpudlian Valentine’s Day Disco Debacle
Liverpool’s great Valentine Disco Debacle happened in 2008, and is commemorated in a medical journal report: “The University Rollerdisco: An unusual cause of a major incident,” A.J. Highcock, K. Rourke and D. Brown, Injury Extra, volume 39, issue 12, December 2008, Pages 386–388. “Rollerdisco’s are associated with a high incidence of injury, as is binge […]
Psychologists’ verdict (and so on) on online dating
The American Psychological Association has lots to say about the online dating industry, and is rushing to say it just as Valentine’s Day approaches: 1. A press release: PRESS RELEASE February 6, 2012 — For Immediate Release Grading The Online Dating Industry New Scientific Report Finds Some Positives, Many Areas for Improvement The report card […]