Spotlght On The Nerd Report

Spotlght On The Nerd Report

The word ‘Nerd’ is thought to have originated in the US in the early 1950s – but it took three full decades before a comprehensive academic paper describing ‘Nerdism’ appeared. As the authors of the…
The Linguist Implications Of The Word "Uhm . . ."

The Linguist Implications Of The Word "Uhm . . ."

What does “Uh(m)” mean?Professional linguists from a selection of highly respected international academic institutions have pondered the question in some detail over the years, but now a new paper…
Mustache Transplants - An Update

Mustache Transplants - An Update

It is believed that the first mustache transplants were performed by the late trichological pioneer Dr. Okuda in 1930’s Japan. Since then, considerable progress has been made – some of which is…
Icicles - Ideal And Otherwise

Icicles - Ideal And Otherwise

“A complete theory of icicle shape, including tip growth, self-similarity and the ripple instability, is currently lacking.” Prompting professor Stephen W. Morris and Antony Szu-Han Chen from the…
The Great Pyramid - Did It Have An Elevator?

The Great Pyramid - Did It Have An Elevator?

… asks Peter C. Sundt, BSc. in the June 2010) of the journal Elevator World (page 114). Although the article is ‘subscribers only’, an earlier essay by the same author on broadly the same subject (…
Dogs And DoggieBots - An Encounter

Dogs And DoggieBots - An Encounter

How might real dogs react to robotic dogs?  The Sony Corporation has been investigating. Researchers at its Computer Science Laboratory in Paris, which “… engages in fundamental research in…
Is Two A Goup?

Is Two A Goup?

Is ‘a pair’ big enough to be called ‘a group’? The tricky subject of dyads has recently been causing considerable professorial debate in the journal ‘Small Group Research’. (Note: the word ‘dyad ‘ is…
Kissing In Amsterdam

Kissing In Amsterdam

“…what happens if a person who prefers to kiss with the head turned to the right attempts to kiss a person who prefers to kiss with the head turned to the left.“? This potentially awkward social…
Automatic Boredom Recognition

Automatic Boredom Recognition

Although boredom very rarely escapes the notice of those suffering from it, constructing a purely technical instrument for reliably recognising boredom in humans is currently rated as a non-trivial…