Amusing News Aliquots
Silly samplings from this week’s science news, compiled by Bethany Halford and Lauren Wolf.
Wrinkly with a purpose. Credit: Flickr user nhanusek
From the Who Funds This? files: Prune-y fingers may help you get a grip. [News.com.au]
This week, scientists have been spending entirely too much time on Twitter cracking jokes that hit awfully close to home via the hashtag #overlyhonestmethods. We’ve always thought those “representative” data sets in papers were the only time the experiment worked … and now it’s been confirmed. [iO9]
So, this is news but not so amusing if you’ve got GI problems … there appears to be a barium shortage. [Topics in Radiography]
Scientists say the song “Come Away With Me” by Norah Jones is one of safest to drive to. That’s funny. Cause’ it makes us bored and sleepy. [The Telegraph]
19 techs at a petrochemical plant in England win the Euromillions sweepstakes, netting them about $1.6 million (or about $84,000 each). Lucky ducks. [Gazette Live]
Pedometers are so 2012. For weight loss, check out the forkometer instead. [MarketWatch]
When we’re inundated with winter weather, the Newscripts gang will be working on its bulletproof snow fort. [Wired]
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Jan 10th 2013 • 17:01
by qvxb
Better not drive while playing that CD with Jan and Dean’s “Dead Man’s Curve” and the Beach Boys’ “409″, “Shut Down”, and “Little Deuce Coupe”.