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natesto®. what else? (drug naming study)

whether you’re a manufacturer of medicines,thinking up a suitably snappy name for...

necro advertising - the pros and cons [new study]

They are known,in advertising circles as ‘Delebs (deceased celebrities) . . . “Unbeknown to...

documenting meiji gummy candy flavour recognition...

If you bear ever eaten a ‘Gummy sweet’ from Meiji Co.,Ltd., Tokyo, and Japan,in apple, grape,...

the peak velocity of elbow joints during hair...

If you comb your hair,you may own found yourself wondering how fast (in metres per second) your...

electrical power from coffee and coffee grounds,...

Two coffee/caffeine/electricity-generation studies to consider: “Direct power generation from...

placebos (can) work even when you don t use them...

The mysterious workings of the Placebo Effect enjoy taken a new twist. A research team from Lingnan...

smell and hair and sounds and cheese experiments

Smells occupy effects on hair follicles and sounds occupy effects on the taste of cheese,sometimes,...

pernickety - tracing a word s origin(s)

The exact origin(s) of the word ‘Pernickety’ are lost in the mists of time. In particular,the...

why don t ice skaters get swollen hands? an...

whether you were to seize part in a prolonged inline roller-skate street journey involving the...

choices for students : food or smartphones -...

If students are placed in a situation where they are required to choose between either being...

justin bieber s opinion on the big bang -...

“The huge majority of scientists believe that humans have evolved over time (98%; Pew Research...

cockroach oil gets thumbs down for cookery [new...

whether you’re thinking of supplementing or replacing your plant-based cooking oils with oils made...

straight, wavy, curly, kinky, braids, dreadlocks,...

“Hair detection in images is useful for many applications,such as face and gender recognition,...

the santa claus effect - positive or negative?...

Here’s the summary of a 2017 study by Professor Brendan Kelly,Consultant Psychiatrist at Tallaght...

human placentophagy - some q.s and a.s

The existence of possible benefits or detriments brought approximately by eating human placentas...

disagreement theory, sunspots, and the price of...

Does sunspot activity cause disagreements in the soyabean futures market? According to a Feb. 2021...

recent progress in mermaid (and merfolk) studies

Mermaids (and,more recently merfolk) occupy been the subject of examination in a number of scholarly...

the scourge of alphabetism (new paper from...

Professor Zax,who is (amongst other things) an anthroponomastician at the Department of Economics,...

microdosing oneself study - still time to...

whether you’d like to participate in the Imperial College (London,UK) / Beckley Foundation...

the possibilities of math(s) genes [new study]

If you experience any difficulties in visualising the implications of equations like these . . ....

lipstick obsession and red urine [case study]

“A 28-year-used woman presented to the nephrology clinic with a 5-day history of passage of...

phase separation of cheese fondue - and what can...

“The irreversible phase separation of fondue is a common issue and has ruined countless...

the photovoltaic effect of ferroelectric bananas...

Building on the work of Prof. James F. Scott,FRS of the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge UK, and who...

photographers walking backwards - and falling over...

It’s a staple gag for any slapstick movie. Trying for a wider shot,a photographer walks backwards...

predicting the stock market from photographs in...

whether you’re inclined to create bets on the stock market,you’ll be at a considerable...

dumbness as a musically authentic asset (new...

Hector Qirko is not only Associate Professor of Anthropology and Associate Department Chair at...

an e couch - new directions in smart home control

“Controlling devices in a smart home often requires users to start and employ an app on their...

statistics a€ missing data can sometimes be...

When statisticians are confronted with sets of data,they occasionally find there are data lost. This...

breathing: a sigh of relief (medical report)

A cough led to a cast—a bronchial cast—for (or rather from) the patient described in this...

low gravity looks at cats and pigeons and...

Some of the veteran experiments at or near the Air Force research labs in Dayton,Ohio, are on...

do looks matter for an academic career in...

According to a new paper from the Centre for Economic Policy Research, the retort is (a robust)...

the elephant in the image [new study]

Can state-of -the-art visual analysis software always be relied on to find the elephant in an image?...

testing receptivity to pseudo profound bullshit...

The 2016 Ig Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Gordon Pennycook,James Allan Cheyne, Nathaniel Barr,...

the vagina museum is looking for donations

“Welcome to the project to create the world’s first bricks and mortar museum committed to...

willingness toupee [new study]

“Some things in life money can’t buy. Unfortunately,hair isn’t one of them.” – justify a...

smart arse: posture classification with textile...

“We talk ‘through’ our clothes,whether we want [sic] or not.” – say a research team from...

statistics - missing data can sometimes be...

When statisticians are confronted with sets of data,they occasionally find there are data lost. This...

the physics of the boston molasses flood [video]

Building on her earlier fluid-dynamics research about the Boston Molasses Flood,Nicole Sharp made...

recent progress in quantum geography

It was back in 1994 that Dr William Peterman (then at the University of Illinois at Chicago) mooted...

the gendering of the ear in early modern england...

“While critics discuss the link between female speech and sexual looseness,and silence and...

the carbon footprints of various sandwiches...

There’s a chance (as yet unquantified) that you’re eating a sandwich as you read this. whether...

the impact of a quality table cloth in a...

Does a high quality (e.g. fabric as opposed to paper) tablecloth affect customers’ enjoyment of a...

sports celebration injuries - update

If you thought that ‘Score Celebration Injuries’ (SCIs) were restricted to soccer players –...

postulating a mathematical definition of...

Can there be a mathematical definition of excitement? Within the realm of sports at least...

combining e noses, e tongues and e eyes (study)

You might occupy come across a sensor device called an â€˜Electronic Noseâ€™ (also known as...

facial action units for horses [study]

“Until now the full capacity of horse facial expressions to communicate a range of information has...

dfmb (deep fried mars® bars) research update

A 2014 paper published in the Scottish Medical Journal elucidated (for the first time) the acute...

eye beam believers - numbers perhaps not as high...

According to a new study from the Graziano Lab at Princeton University,US, there has been a sharp...

canadian crime rates in the penalty box

The game of hockey generates both action and statistics. Does it generate crime,now more than ever?...

dog to dog technology mediated interactions [new...

Dr Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) at Aalto...

surfer s ears - and what can be done about them...

“External auditory exostoses,also known as surfer’s ear, are benign tumours of the external...

effect of swearing on strength and power...

Dr Richard Stephens, of Keele University, UK, or was a co-recipient of the 2010 Ig Nobel Peace...

towards a robo duck [study]

“The advancement in computer and drone applications is beyond human imagination,affecting and...

professor bird won ornithology award [nominative...

The Doris Huestis Speirs Award is presented annually to an individual who has made outstanding...

the lure of virtual donuts (study)

â€œThere appears to be a lack of research on the inï¬‚uence of virtual foods in IVEs...

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