I’m going to start with an upfront declaration. This paper is awesome for three major reasons: 1. It is interesting science. 2. It utilizes Dungeons and Dragons. 3. The first author is in middle school. Yes. That last bit is correct. He’s 14, and he just might be better published than you (he is, perhaps, […]
I think the fine folks at NCBI ROFL covered this one recently, but it’s too good not to share. Have you ever been in a terrible mood, and someone tells you to smile? It usually doesn’t make your mood any better to be TOLD to smile, but what if you actually DO smile? Does […]
I’m sure you all have heard “Beer before liquor, never sicker. Liquor before beer, everything clear”? Whether or not it’s true (and honestly, it’s not true), most people talk about differences in alcoholic drinks. Some people love wine, some people get horrible wine headaches. Some people are happy with beer, others find it makes them […]
Today’s Friday Weird Science comes courtesy of Marc Abrahams of the IgNobel prizes who sent me this fabulous study. Because who doesn’t love some sheep? Shearing sheep is not an easy job. When I pictured sheep shearing, I always pictured someone leading in a sheep, and the sheep standing patiently while someone takes some clippers […]
Today’s Friday Weird Science comes courtesy of the always fantastic Ivan Oransky, who covered this paper over at Retraction Watch (while the paper has not been retracted, it DOES have retraction in the title, which I’m sure counts for something). When I saw this paper I was reminded forcefully of something my mother once said […]
One of Sci’s favorite holidays is here! Halloween, where you get to dress up, pretend to eat brains, and most importantly of all, where all the candy goes on SALE. So while Sci is wolfing down truly sickening amounts of sugar, she invites you to take a spooky jaunt into an interesting disorder: LYCANTHROPY. Ah, […]
Today’s Friday Weird Science is a synchro-blogging with the ever fabulous Kate Clancy at Context and Variation. Because when you see a paper this…special…well sometimes it takes two of us. Make sure you head over and check out her awesome coverage! I don’t know about you all, but when I do anything, I do it […]
Today’s post comes from the kind offices of Marc Abrahams, the genius mind behind the IgNobel prizes, and the wonderful person who sends Sci the best, and sometimes the worst, hilarity that science has to offer. And today we’ve got a special one. A paper that shows you that you can find a correlation anywhere, […]
Today’s Friday Weird science isn’t so much weird as it is Society for Neuroscience-themed. Though I suppose it could be considered weird in the sense that it was done very badly. The question is this: when standing at your poster this year at SfN…what WILL you wear? Forget the question of suit vs slacks vs […]
…if a woodchuck could chuck wood? We’ve all heard the answer to that age-old question: he’d chuck the wood that a woodchuck COULD chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood. But then you have to ask yourself: how much IS that? Someone actually found out. Or rather, they MAY have found out. The paper is […]