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Category Archives: Science
INTJ
It’s the “I Got A Little Bored On This Dull Monday So I Took An Online Test” Post: The Myer-Briggs Test For Programmers! ‘t Would appear I’m an INTJ which I suspect is psycho-babble for “stubborn asocial nerd”. :)
Posted in Randamonium, Science
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The Case Of The Zombie Chickens
Oh what a world we live in: When Jim Stauffer of Petaluma saw a chicken crawling out of a mound of compost like the living dead, he knew something had changed at the egg farm next door. “We called them … Continue reading
Posted in Bizarre, In The News, Science
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What Is Music?
The super-stimulus theory: The main idea of the theory is that music is a super-stimulus for the perception of musicality, where “musicality” is actually a perceived property of speech. “Musicality” refers to the property of music that determines how “good” … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Science
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Nonmusicians
Using a Nelson Riddle orchestral arrangement of “You Make Me Feel So Young” […], Wolpert had a professional singer perform the melody. Then she used a digital multi-effect processor to create two bitonal versions of the accompaniment: one a full … Continue reading
Pick vs Fingers?
A great debate in which I myself would opt for fingers. Also: earwax and smegma. Good morning!
Did A Vehicle…
Says Gary McKinnon, who was arrested after being accused of hacking into Nasa and the US military computer networks: Old-age pensioners can’t pay their fuel bills, countries are invaded to award oil contracts to the West, and meanwhile secretive parts … Continue reading
Like, Uptalk?
Are you an uptalker? You know? Like when everything you say sounds like an interrogatory statement? I had no idea that a change in the “intonation contour” of a sentence, as linguists put it, could be as contagious as the … Continue reading
Posted in Pop Cult, Science
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Bosnian Pyramids?
Oh-oh… Said to be the first pyramid on the European continent. See the pictures also.
Posted in Amusing, Science
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The Effect Of Pr0n
A scientific study into the effect of pr0n on male fertility, at last! “Gentleman, would you like to know how to improve the potency of your semen? Do you need a good excuse to give your significant other when she … Continue reading
Get Smarter!
Doing ‘brain exercises’ such as watching Countdown, playing Sudoku or taking a shower with your eyes closed can apparently make us all up to 40 per cent cleverer within seven days. I don’t get the “shower with your eyes closed” … Continue reading
Posted in Randamonium, Science
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Be A Loafer, It’s Good For You!
May I suggest you print this out and show it to your boss the next time he complains about that absent stare into infinity of yours: Idlers, loafers and layabouts, listen up. A new study suggests that the times when … Continue reading
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The Wisdom Of Crowds
As with many things, our appreciation of a given piece of music is largely influenced by what others think of it, New Scientist reports: …participants [in the study] who could see how often a song had been downloaded tended to … Continue reading
Debbie Does Demography
You stick it to them Native ‘mericans, Debbie! … But the study also found that “Native” Americans have dry ear wax and body odor similar to Asians, proving they migrated here from Asia. So whom did THEY steal the land … Continue reading
Posted in Amusing, Science
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Chinese Admiral Discovering America?
Well, who knows?… A map due to be unveiled in Beijing and London next week may lend weight to a theory a Chinese admiral discovered America before Christopher Columbus.
Posted in Amusing, Science
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Pride & Prejudice
What people in the world are known for, according to Google. Typical: poor old Argentina doesn’t get a mention since its place on the map is overlapped with a little square needed to describe Brazil! Belgium, quite fittingly, simply disappears … Continue reading
Posted in Randamonium, Science
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