The World Cup brings more than passing excitement to the world. This newly published study suggests that the World Cup also brings, eventually, a change in the world population: “The sex ratio at birth in South Africa increased 9 months after the 2010 FIFAWorld Cup,” Gwinyai Masukume and Victor Grech, Early Human Development, epub 2015. […]
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Germany v England Ig Nobel comparison
As Germany and England prepare to meet in the World Cup tournament, The Independent newspaper [in London] totes up their comparative history in other competitions: Three Miss Worlds and one (rugby) World Cup We’ve all heard the song. But there’s more to life than football and fighting. So how do England and Germany measure up […]