One of our readers, a scientist who spent the first half of his life in Japan, tells of a ritual that seems to be not terribly well known or studied. He writes: This is a strange tradition in some part of Japan which I was not aware of until today, when I saw a report in Yomiuri […]
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Alert: Coffee spill (and wine swirl) in Baltimore next Monday
If you’re in Baltimore on Monday, November 21, grab a cup of coffee and (carefully) stop by the American Physical Society meeting. The most exciting session is likely to be: Session H17: Geophysical Flows: General IV, Monday, November 21, 2011, 11:22 AM–11:35 AM, Room: 320 Chair: Keith Julien, University of Colorado Abstract: H17.00005 : Walking with […]
Wine, Women (and Men) and Song
The Bibliolore blog writes about an experiment that involved wine, about 125 women, a like number of men, and song: A smaller pilot study had determined the four types of music: “powerful and heavy” (“O Fortuna” from Orff’s Carmina burana) “subtle and refined” (“Вальс цветов” [Val’s cvetov/Waltz of the flowers] from Cajkovskij’s Щелкунчик [Ŝelkunčik/Nutcracker]) “zingy and refreshing” […]
Headlines: Wine, Drugs, and Soup
Today’s Headline of the Day is a two-fer. 1. “Red Wine Rivals Diabetes Drug in Lab Tests,” says a February 1 headline in Wine Spectator, going on to say, “Researchers working in biotechnology laboratories in Vienna have found that red wine contains favorable levels of a chemical [rosiglitazone, marketed under the name Avandia] currently used […]