The 10 Most Absurd Scientific Papers 127
Lanxon writes "It's true: 'Effects of cocaine on honeybee dance behavior,' 'Fellatio by fruit bats prolongs copulation time,' and 'Are full or empty beer bottles sturdier and does their fracture-threshold suffice to break the human skull?' are all genuine scientific research papers, and all were genuinely published in journals or similar publications. Wired's presentation of a collection of the most bizarrely-named research papers contains seven other gems, including one about naval fluff and another published in The Journal of Sex Research."
Re:Are full or empty beer bottles sturdier (Score:4, Funny)
Never once has there been a full beer anywhere nearby.
Are Brazil Nuts Attractive? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Some of these might be interesting... (Score:3, Funny)
new pub glass design in the UK that uses resin to prevent a shattering effect is hoped to decrease the number of dangerous cuts caused by people breaking glasses over someone's head
Sounds like people in the UK need cut back on what's in those glasses if this is such a serious problem.
Re:Naval fluff... (Score:3, Funny)
Ask any Marine, Naval is fluff.
Guess everyone knows the old joke where a Marine, a Navy pilot and an Army soldier discuss their accomodations.
Navy: "Last week was a nightmare, the air condition in our tents failed"
Army: "Wait, what? You guys got air condition?"
Marine: "Wait, what? You guys got tents?"
Beer research (Score:3, Funny)
Whoever got a study funded that allowed them to buy large amounts of bottled beer on someone else's dime was a very smart person indeed.
Time for MythBusters (Score:2, Funny)
This week on MythBusters: 'Are full or empty beer bottles sturdier and does their fracture-threshold suffice to break the human skull?'
Cut to shots of a sprint-loaded arm smashing bottles on the head of poor Buster. Quick cut to reaction shot of Cary and Grant.
Later in the show... Adam and Jamie get to the bottom of our navel fluff mystery.
Re:Some of these might be interesting... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Some of these might be interesting... (Score:5, Funny)
and then be disappointed to find out it was the SlashDot effect.
My question, as a chemist, is what is the equilibrium constant - how fast does it go from product to reactant and back ?
Also, is the reaction reproducible?
Are there any degenerate orbitals involved?
Is it reproducible, even with protecting groups attached?
Re:Naval fluff... (Score:2, Funny)
A marine, a sailor, and an airman were asked to secure a building.
The marine built an outer perimeter with barbed wire, set up a rotating schedule for patrols, and stationed an overwatch on the next building over.
The sailor locked all the doors, turned off all the lights, and waited for the "all clear" signal.
The airman took out a 30 year lease with an option to buy.
Re:Some of these might be interesting... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Interview about bees on cocaine (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Beer research (Score:4, Funny)
unfortunately there are many palindrones... (Score:2, Funny)
who mock what they can't understand...almost undermines my faith in democracy, but then palindrones are only ~22% of the u.s. population:-}
Re:Naval fluff... (Score:2, Funny)
Air Force: It's not just a job, it's a job with a uniform