Humans don’t do it, but we surely BELIEVE that we do. Today’s Sunday Funny comes to you courtesy of Keith Laws and a tweet I saw. Presented with eyerolling and the muttered comment “people are stupid”. Psychol Rep. 1995 Feb;76(1):32-4. Belief in lunar effects on human behavior. Vance DE. Source University of New Orleans. Abstract […]
Sci has been blogging up at a storm over at SciAm Blogs, talking about this year’s IgNobel prize winners!! Make sure to check out the coverage of chimps who can recognize other chimps by their butts, the town that had green hair, and the fluid dynamics of why your coffee won’t stop freakin’ spilling when […]
Sci has been blogging up a storm over at SciAm Blogs, talking about this year’s IgNobel Prize winners! It was a great ceremony and a really fun time, and now I’m blogging each and every winner, from the people who use old ammunition to make diamonds, the people who wrote the reports on the reports […]
This week’s Sunday Funny brought to you by Biochembelle. Given the one two weeks ago, I’m starting to wonder why on earth she knows QUITE so much about pyramid alignment. 🙂 Presented with eyerolling. Indian J Exp Biol. 2007 May;45(5):455-8. Influence of alignment of the pyramid on its beneficial effects. Bhat S, Rao G, Murthy […]
Yes! Sci was in Boston last night (wish I could stay, but I am like a ninja. A ninja of SCIENCE) for the 2012 IGNOBEL PRIZES! It was a super fun ceremony this year, with the usual paper airplane throwing, moments of science, and someone describing the whole of the universe using balloons and pie. […]
Kate Clancy has another excellent post up at Context and Variation. This one is on the idea of using sports psychology to help yourself function in academia. Go read it. Then come back. 🙂 I like this idea very much. In particular, I really like the idea of deliberately separating out what you can and […]
Sci is at SciAm blogs today, talking about a new study on orexin and binge eating in rats. Orexin is a newish neurotransmitter with a couple of interesting behavioral effects, one of which is on appetite. It’s an interesting study and it’s nice to see a ‘new’ molecule pick up steam. Head over and check […]
Presented with eyerolling, from my Facebook feed: I don’t know about you, but every time I eat an eggplant, all I can think is “man, this is just going STRAIGHT to my cervix”.
Today’s Friday Weird Science comes to you courtesy of Marc Abrahams, the founder of the IgNobel Prizes (which I’m going to next week! So excited!!). The study was featured in his new book, This is Improbable, and Marc was kind enough to send me a copy of this paper when I asked about it. (Ok, […]
Sings: *but that’s why birds do it, bees do it, little fishies in the seeeeeas do it, let’s do it…* Let’s come together. Into groups, schools, herds, flocks. Prey animals all over the world do it. We know why prey animals tend to clump together. More animals means more eyes to spot predators. More animals […]