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Today's Fresh Blogs...| The Simpsons, naturally [The World's Fair] |
| Published: July 27, 2007, 9:30 am |
| Tags: Humor Stuff And In The Best Of Worlds Science Humor Stuff |
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| Dead Mouse Carpets and Flaming Fur Balls [The World's Fair] |
| Published: July 30, 2007, 6:19 pm |
| Tags: Humor Stuff And In The Best Of Worlds Science Humor Stuff |
| New volume, number 13, of Annals of Science is now up over at McSweeney's. Care to gander? It's here. Teaser? Okay. Here's the opening: Read the rest of this post... Read the comments on this post... |
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| Some free internet corn [The World's Fair] |
| Published: September 10, 2007, 11:49 am |
| Tags: Humor Stuff In The Best Of Worlds Science Humor Stuff |
| It is with great regret that I report on the demoralizing state of corn culture. Over the last decade, this once mighty cereal grass has succumbed to the stigma of repeated negative public perceptions. Arguably, this unfortunate downward spiral was instigated by the advent of agricultural genetic manipulation, and specifically with the |
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| Advice on how to babyproof your Molecular Genetics Laboratory [The World's Fair] |
| Published: September 18, 2007, 11:55 am |
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| One of the first things that a newborn experiences is not necessarily the warmth and scent of the mother's embrace, but rather a series of pokes and pricks to ascertain health and mental alertness. It therefore seems to me that a natural progression of this trend is to incorporate the highest medical predictive technology into an infant's |
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| Questions! Questions for a prick! [The World's Fair] |
| Published: October 2, 2007, 11:49 am |
| Tags: Humor Stuff In The Best Of Worlds Science Humor Stuff |
| Science Creative Quarterly is seeking wondrous, thought provoking, and potentially slightly silly science questions. These we hope to present to our esteem Bill Hick, the Science Prick, who in turn will attempt his best to answer them in due course. As well, know that a little meat with regards to the questions submitted wouldn't hurt. And |
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| Wave-Particle Duality in Squirrels. The truth is out there. [The World's Fair] |
| Published: October 4, 2007, 2:54 pm |
| Tags: Humor Stuff In The Best Of Worlds Science Humor Stuff |
| that as the editor of the Science Creative Quarterly, we have published our third ever squirrel piece today. This one is a doozy - in fact the title sort of says it all. WAVE-PARTICLE DUALITY: OBSERVED PHENOMENA IN SCIURUS CAROLINENESIS If nothing else, it is hoped that you will always be able to recognize the latin word for squirrel, and |
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| New Research: "Could multiple stab wounds mean shorter lives?" [The World's Fair] |
| Published: October 24, 2007, 12:27 pm |
| Tags: Humor Stuff In The Best Of Worlds Science Humor Stuff |
| I just saw Timon put this up on Filter, and found it very funny (the control experiment made me chuckle). Worth a boo: I've put this below the fold because it starts automatically, and I'm not sure how to disable that. Read the rest of this post... Read the comments on this post... |
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| When the leaders of the G8 meet on Halloween Day [The World's Fair] |
| Published: October 30, 2007, 10:30 am |
| Tags: Humor Stuff And In The Best Of Worlds Science Humor Stuff |
| This is maybe the only Halloween piece I've ever written. And since it is about two years old, the leaders have changed, although I suspect the bickering would be pretty much the same. Anyway, here it is reprinted for all to see (originally presented at Terry). - - - Read the rest of this post... Read the comments on this post... |
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| In time for halloween. Learning to fly (as in throwing yourself against the ground and missing) [The World's Fair] |
| Published: October 31, 2007, 2:54 pm |
| Tags: Humor Stuff And In The Best Of Worlds Science Humor Stuff |
| This might be handy, if you happen to be dressed up as a ghost or flying superhero or bat, etc - the SCQ has a piece up today, that goes over the physics of learning to fly, a la Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. In other words, the piece takes a look at some of the Newtonian physics needed to "throw yourself at the ground and miss." Read |
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| "Thermal Density Gradient Measurements in the Proximity of Tipper Gore" and other neglected IPCC papers [The World's Fair] |
| Published: November 13, 2007, 4:34 pm |
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| Journal of Atmospheric Science 88:1298 Jones & Albasha, 1991, "High Temperature Broiling Preferences of Mrs. Price," Environmenta 78:456 Allis, et al., 1997, "The Temperature of Mrs. Price's Oven Varies with Contents," Nature 388: 1267 Ellsworth, 1959, "Mrs. Price goes Electric," Environmenta 56:1282 Read the rest of this post... |
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| Funny stuff from McSweeney's: "Understanding Food Labels You Might Encounter at Whole Foods." [The World's Fair] |
| Published: November 15, 2007, 11:37 am |
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| Good old McSweeney's scores again. Free Range: Animals raised with a free-range lifestyle have plenty of room to stretch out and eat bugs. This is particularly important for chickens, which need at least two square feet of space at all times. Factory-farming conditions are like living in apartment buildings in big cities: a co-op is formed |
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| This is awesome (and so freakin' true) [The World's Fair] |
| Published: November 19, 2007, 4:56 pm |
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| Fossil fuels, like always, endure and defeats d-orbitals: The Science Showdown 2007 Continues [The World's Fair] |
| Published: December 17, 2007, 10:05 am |
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| "We're not quite done yet" said a smug Minister John Baird, Environment Minister for Canada, as he celebrated a close win for the Fossil Fuel team. Fossil fuels vs d-orbitals - it really doesn't sound like a fair matchup from the get go, especially when you look at the stats over the last 300 years or so. Clearly, fossil fuels have a strong |
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| News! News! Darwin Outlasts Theory in 6-month Slugfest!! [The World's Fair] |
| Published: December 17, 2007, 8:00 am |
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| the brackets? The 2007 Science Spring Showdown? The phenomenon Rolling Stone said was summarized at this url"; the tournament ESPN: The Magazine hailed as "full of 64 teams and then some, as shown here!"; the event Larry King called "As good as Cocoon, and twice as young!"? Remember? We didn't, but our readers sent us a note. So do |
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| Battle of the Villains. In a high stakes basketball game, who would win? HIV or Fossil Fuels. [The World's Fair] |
| Published: December 18, 2007, 8:00 pm |
| Tags: Humor Stuff And In The Best Of Worlds Science Humor Stuff |
| of this semi final in the SCIENCE SHOWDOWN 2007 (can you tell, we're trying to finish up before the end of the new year) will earn a spot in the final - and against Darwin no less. What do you think? When push comes to shove, which is the badder baddie? The horror of HIV, or the ominous nature of fossil fuels? Game time: Wednesday |
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