Don’t want to show fellow students my naughty bits: medical students’ anxieties about peer examination of intimate body regions at six schools across UK, Australasia and Far-East Asia.
“BACKGROUND: Although recent quantitative research suggests that medical students are reluctant to engage in peer physical examination (PPE) of intimate body regions, we do not know why. AIM: [...]
Mr. Carl Zimmer points me to a new article in Nature, Neanderthals may have interbred with humans. The details within the article are more tantalizing, it seems to me, than the headline would imply.
The topline is this, researchers presented the following at the recent meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists:
* An analysis of [...]
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Another year, another round of diverting April Fool’s submissions to the ArXiV.
Can you spot the astro-ph paper containing the following?
Calculation of the new figure of merit entails calculating elliptic integrals of the second kind, which makes the method more scientific;
If it helps, it’s the same paper which refers to:
Lorentz violating Chuck Norris in space, breathing [...]
Not so long ago, the Purdue University solar car team was competing in the American Solar Challenge, an endurance race spanning more than 1,000 miles. The Shell Eco-marathon here in Houston is a totally different animal, however, requiring just 10 short track laps but asking the utmost in fuel efficiency. That sent the Purdue team [...]
‘Lint ball’ omphalitis, a rare cause of umbilical discharge in an adult woman: a case report
“Umbilical discharge in adult is rare and is usually induced by foreign material, most commonly hair. Rarely, it may be due to embryonal anomalies. We are reporting an unusual case of umbilical discharge in adult secondary to an impacted lint [...]
I am off to points unknown putting my Sooper Sekrit Project ™ into action, so I don’t have time for a lengthy post. Instead, go to the 143rd Carnival of Space, hosted at Next Big Future. Space! Astronomy! Science!
March 1st, 2010 5:29 PM
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If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to hang out near the Cassini Saturn spacecraft and get the same view it does, then put on your red/green glasses and check out this anaglyph of the moon Prometheus:
Mmmm, threedeealicious. Click to enjovianate.
Prometheus is a bit weird. OK, it’s a lot weird. It’s an irregularly-shaped [...]
Tsang Cheung Shing is the ceramic artist who created this incredible pottery installation called “Ying Yeung.” The name refers to a Chinese beverage of mixed coffee and tea and also symbolizes the mandarin duck, a metaphor for marriage and love. Just amazing.
Submit your photograph or artwork to the Science of Kissing Gallery and remember [...]
I first met the writer Rebecca Skloot about eight years ago. She had been working on a book for a couple years and running late. The idea was brilliant, though, so I hoped she’d be able to get it done before too long. Many scientists who study human cell biology use a special line of [...]
