'A peculiar Scottish disorder' is described in the Scottish Medical Journal (SMJ), August 2011 vol. 56 no. 3, pp. 164-166 (by Doctor I. B. McIntosh.)  “A highly contagious behavioural affliction…

“Cotton buds are commonly used to clean the ears, remove wax, in case of itching in the ear, aural toilet in discharging ears and some time as a habit.” – explain Suresh Kumar and  Shamim Ahmed…

In the award-winning children’s book ‘Don’t let the pigeon drive the bus’ by Mo Willems, (Hyperion Books for Children, 2003) a persistent pigeon ‘asks, pleads, cajoles, wheedles, connives,…

Here is a (partial) overview of (some of) the recent academic literature on the subject of 'Humming' Security Humming-based human verification and identification “The experimental results show that…

In the beginning, Mother Nature created the universe and in it she put Quantum Mechanics. Mother Nature had formed out of the ground all the wild particles in the sky. She brought them to Quantum…

“… everyday, spontaneous sexual behavior is a quintessentially private activity not open to public scrutiny.“ But not always. As evidenced by the work of an investigatory team from the Facultad de…

When I first saw a new article about cow tipping, I bristled just a little. The last thing American culture needs is another flatlander telling real farmers whether or not cows fall over. But Jake…

It's time to stop oppressing breasts, according to a massive 15-year investigation by professor Jean-Denis Rouillon, from the University of Besançon in eastern France. Bras are a false necessity, he…

What do a coffee machine, a mosquito, a fridge, gastric ‘flu and silence have in common?One answer is sounds. Or lack thereof. And all have been researched by Dr. Salomé Voegelin, who is Sound Arts…

“taH pagh taHbe’. DaH mu’tlheghvam vIqeInIS.” – the translation of which, as speakers of Klingon will know, is “To be or not to be; that is the question.”  The Klingon Shakespeare Restoration…