Humor
- Head Bobbing In Birds- The Science
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The question: ‘Why do some * (see note below) birds bob their heads when walking?’ has perplexed scientists for many years. Some researchers suggest that head-bobbing may be correlated with the morphology of the retina, but others propose that it’s mechan ...
Article - Martin Gardiner - Mar 27 2014 - 1:18pm
- "Graunching" A Review Of The Literature
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One of the first technical papers to reference ‘Graunching’ was ‘Railway Noise: Curve Squeal, Roughness Growth, Friction and Wear’ (Report: RRUK/ A, 2003, D.J. Thompson, A.D. Monk-Steel, C.J.C. Jones. P.D Allen, S.S. Hsu, and S.D. Iwnicki) “Other related f ...
Article - Martin Gardiner - Mar 31 2014 - 9:22am
- GWPF Hires Lord Monckton As I.T. Consultant
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GWPF Hires Lord Monckton As I.T. Consultant Lord Lawson, founder of the Global Warming Policy Foundation is to pay Viscount Monckton an undisclosed retainer for I.T. consultancy services following a failure of the GWPF's server to post valid scientif ...
Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Apr 1 2014 - 12:30am
- Is There An Optimum Solution To The Missing Sock Problem? Cosmic Embryo #7
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It finally happened. One of the purple striped socks my daughter Lana had given me as a birthday present in Winnipeg a few years ago vanished at some stage while I was doing laundry in Los Angeles, after we gave a lecture at UCLA. ...
Article - Richard (Dick) Go... - Apr 1 2014 - 11:43am
- Hairy Ball Theorem Updated
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The Hairy Ball Theorem (HBT) was first postulated (and then proved) by Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer in 1912. An informal statement of the theorem is that: “One cannot comb the hair on a coconut”. ...
Article - Martin Gardiner - Apr 3 2014 - 10:56am
- A Quantum of Political Entanglement
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A Quantum of Political Entanglement If you like your science laced with humour, or your politics laced with (almost) science, then you will enjoy reading this scientific analysis of a politician. Friction, magnetism, relativity, quantum mechanics- all are ...
Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - May 7 2014 - 3:13pm
- R.I.P. Jean-Claude Bradley
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Prof. Jean-Claude Bradley, a true open science pioneer, has passed away. Many people worked with him, he was willing to challenge the status quo and that means a lot of people wanted to be around him- he was one of the earliest scientists to sign up to hel ...
Blog Post - Hank Campbell - May 14 2014 - 2:02pm
- Really Geek Humor: Computer Code Comments
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Programmers may not be the guys with the best sense of humor around, but I found it quite entertaining to read a web page with a collection of source code comments arising a smile. The one I liked the most is the following- not even a comment, but the way ...
Blog Post - Tommaso Dorigo - Jun 2 2014 - 8:51am
- A Fun Puzzle to Solve
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The object actually appears as it is pictured. It is not an optical illusion. The image was not created using an “in camera” special effect (no special lighting, no filters other than the built-in infrared filter, no mirrors, or any other “in camera” spec ...
Blog Post - Steve Schuler - Sep 11 2014 - 11:13am
- Solution to Last Week's Puzzle
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Play the video below to see how to solve the puzzle I posted last week: The object actually appears as it is pictured. It is not an optical illusion. The image was not created using an “in camera” special effect (no special lighting, no filters other than ...
Blog Post - Steve Schuler - Sep 18 2014 - 8:31am