The other side of Science

OooooooK.....So, I am getting mo dose of daily reading and in one of the journal I usually read (very scientific journal, btw) I found.... THIS!Now, this really made me laugh. I think I just got my nomination for IGNobel prize for this year
 PLoS One. 2009 Oct 28;4(10):e7595.Fellatio by fruit bats prolongs copulation time.Tan M, Jones G, Zhu G, Ye J, Hong T, Zhou S, Zhang S, Zhang L.Guangdong Entomological Institute, Guangzhou, China.Oral sex is widely used in human foreplay, but rarely ...

 Somebody took a picture of my workbench (well almost my). It look chaotic and picturesque enough and has enough of "mad scientist" feel  to be here. Two mice are recent addition after we figured that we fully qualified as a "mouse lab".
 

Ok, Just got back from incredibly boring and pointless “scientific” gathering and run into the CNN material on what Dr. Watson has to say about African intelligence. The original link is here This piece is actually very good example of how media operates. The material contains 664 words of which 44 belonged to actually what was said in the subject. Needles to say that the quote on CNN was taken completely out of context and cannot possibly invoke anything but righteous ...

Well, guys I was not sure whether I should react to this or not but the number of comments on cnn.com concerning Al Gore’s Nobel Prize convinced me that I might as well. So, as you all probably well aware by now Mr. Gore and IPCC shared Nobel Peace prize, the fact that immediately stirred discussion about Gore’s contribution as well as what exactly he is contributing to. There are two, possibly more, sides to the discussion. Some people tend to attack underlying science ...

Well, I know, I know in a true blog you are not supposed to make more then one entry per day per person, but I just couldn't help it. My "Silly side of science" wall just got a new addition. This piece here is dedicated to vet. doctors engaged in new extreme sport (see subj)  So, every time you face seemingly intractable problem please remember, it could be much worse, almost as dificult as performing Electroejaculation in the rhinoceros

Well, this one is about 4000 years old and was excavated in Peru. )

 

goes to The Air Force Wright Laboratory in Dayton, Ohio, for research and development of a "Gay Bomb," which would cause enemy troops to become sexually attractive to each other. Read all about it here! I will post a detailed update as soon as more information is released

I haven't been updating the humrous science part of my blog for some time and things accumulated. Now here is one to start it of Scientists ask congress to fund $50 billion science thing I am sure EvilDave would love it

Time to continue my pseudo-scientific pseudo-humor category. Scientists are (usually) very polite people. So, it is not uncommon to find in the end of most scientific papers the section with acknowledgements. In this section people: 1)      Express their deepest and most profound gratitude to funding agencies that so graciously dispensed money (so we can satisfy our curiosity for their expense) 2)      Praise esteemed colleagues who provided ...

Q: How many company biotechnologists does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Four; one to write the proposal, one to design the bulb-changer, one to
design the bulb-fetcher, and one to design the bulb.
Q: How many freelance biotechnologists does it take to change a light bulb?
A: One; he designs the bulb to crawl up the wall, unscrew the old one and
screw itself in.
Q: How many evolutionists does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Only one, but it ...