Humor

How People View Each Other in Academia

I am not a big fan of re-posting others' stuff, but this gem seems to be hard to get and it is not just funny, but actually true, meaning that if you are for example an undergrad and you want to know how the postdoc feels about you, here is your answe ...

Blog Post - Sascha Vongehr - Jan 28 2012 - 11:21am

Curious Squid Crime

Police blotters can make fun reading, especially when they show up in your news alert for "squid," and especially when they use the word "caper": The caper began when someone used blue spray paint to draw a large squid or octopus on the ...

Article - Danna Staaf - Aug 17 2011 - 12:49pm

Handwriting

I was meandering around the internet during the holiday weekend, catching up on RSS feeds and the like, and found this comic by David Coverly: ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Sep 7 2011 - 9:01pm

Your Science For The Weekend, Courtesy Of Twitter

Twitter, in its quest to supplant Facebook among literate people and stave off a threat (or not) from GooglePlus, seems to have recently made some changes to its image utility- namely, you can now see images you have Tweeted before. That's good.  Mayb ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Sep 17 2011 - 2:13am

You Learn Something New Every Day...

... and I just learned a new nickname for Doryteuthis opalescens, thanks to the Redondo Beach Patch. Market squid is referred to as "candy bait" because of its effectiveness on so many different species. Now I'm envisoning a series of adorab ...

Blog Post - Danna Staaf - Sep 16 2011 - 7:46pm

Neutrinos on espresso

Maybe they stopped by Starbucks for a little faster-than-the-speed-of-light pick me up. ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Sep 23 2011 - 9:04pm

I'm Pretty Sure Squid Do Feel Pain, Although They Never Cry

Here is a song called " I Am A Squid " sung to the tune of Simon&Garfunkel's "I Am A Rock." It is awesome. That is all. (I got a bit bogged down over the weekend with the process of migrating my other blog from Movable Type to ...

Blog Post - Danna Staaf - Sep 27 2011 - 12:20am

Beer And Sex- An Ig Nobel Prize We Can All Get Behind

Nothing says science like a beetle humping a beer bottle- and it earned Professors Darryl Gwynne and David Rentz a coveted Ig Nobel prize. If you have been living under the science equivalent of a rock, you may not know the Ig Nobel prizes are parodies of ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 3 2015 - 5:38pm

Levity and Awe: Shatner Will Always Rule

Every now and then, I need to cleanse my palate, shift directions, and give myself a break. And nothing makes a better break than a light and easy read like Shatner Rules. If you liked Star Trek or Boston Legal  or Shit My Dad Says (or T.J. Hooker, or any ...

Blog Post - Kim Wombles - Oct 19 2011 - 4:39pm

The Seven Sisters of Pleiades

According to the Wikipedia, the Pleiades is a cluster of middle-aged hot stars located in the constellation of Taurus. My nominees are the following (all born Taurus and in no particular order): Valerie Bertinelli Cate Blanchette Michelle Pfeiffer Renee Z ...

Blog Post - Bobby Knight - Oct 27 2011 - 11:13am