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The 10 Strangest Scientific Papers

Sara Ost — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:06:13 +0000

Bringing Tighty Whities Back…

1. Country Music Makes People More Likely to Take Their Lives

You know you’re a redneck when…you commit suicide? Poor whites who listen to country music are more likely to take their lives. Evidently it’s not widespread substance abuse, poverty and guns – it’s the strawberry wine and BBQ stains on your white t-shirt.

2. Human-on-Robot Sex (and Marriage): Legal by 2050

I call dibs on dubbing: Botamy. You know, I have already seen this and it took me years to recover. It was called Creepy Robin Williams Movie. Oh, wait. Third Creepy Robin Williams Movie. (Study not funded by WD-40.)

3. Things Your Rectum Could Do Without

If you can survive Goatse, you can survive this. But why?

4. Chickens Don’t Like Ugly People

Textbook psychological projection.

5. Penis Pliers

Johnson jammed in your jeans yet again? No household should be without this helpful device, says its inventor.

6. Projectile Scat

Dude, penguins poo so hard!

7. Fart Creates Comfort Bubble

One severely distressed child comforted himself by persistently enveloping his body in his own gas. Poor little guy.

8. Taxi Drivers’ Brains Are Different

The region of the brain related to navigation and spatial reasoning is larger in taxi drivers. I think this is cool!

9. Ultrasonic Velocity of Cheddar Cheese

Finding: the meltier it gets, the less reliable the measurement.

10. The Effects of Wearing Cold, Wet Underwear

Scientists found that wearing sopping wet skivvies whilst running was super freakin’ uncomfortable!

- via Oddee

Bonus: can you solve the hardest enigma? Try the original, too.

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Healthbolt Graphics #1: What Happens to Your Body if You Stop Smoking Right Now

Liz Lewis — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:26:52 +0000

(Click for high-res)
On July 19th, 2006, I published a post called “What happens to Your Body if You Stop Smoking Right Now?” It received 1/4 million hits within 24 hours, and a handful of comments. Since that date it has gained a life of it’s own, as it accumulates millions of views as well as pages and pages of responses from readers. With people either detailing their own successes/failures to put down the puff, or offering advice for those of us wanting to do the same, the comments section has turned into an impromptu support group, and forum for, discussing nicotine addiction.

I’m now pleased to offer this 18″X24″ graphic representation of the post, and the conversation it inspired. It includes the time line, detailing the physiological changes your body starts to experience the moment you stop smoking. The graphic in the center is made up of some of (they wouldn’t all fit) the reader comments on the article. ~~I am selling a high-quality print.~~ I’m also offering a free, print-quality, zipped .pdf file for download for the next 30 days.

Each poster is printed on 18″x24″ heavy semi-gloss paper using a roll-fed Xeikon 5000 with LED array-based dry toner electrophotography at 600 DPI with variable dot density (4 bit). This provides for exceptional print quality and much more reliable colorfastness than traditional offset printing.

Shipping is free within North America; allow two-weeks for delivery. If you’d like to receive these elsewhere in the world, or if you work for a university or other institution, and want a larger bulk discount (50 or more), please contact me here.

Free print-quality .pdf – 18mb download; unzips to 54mb .pdf (This link will work for 30 Days)
This work is published under a
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License.

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Free, Printable Weekly Menu Planner

Liz Lewis — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 17:03:06 +0000

Knowing is half the battle, right? If you’re reading this and you don’t know what you’re going to be eating for the rest of the day, chances are better than worse that you’ll be making impulsive decisions about your meals. And they won’t be good ones.

Help me help you by downloading / printing out this handy weekly meal planner. Use it to plan your meals for the next week. The days are numbered, not named, so you can start anytime (like now) and it looks snazzy in color or gray scale.

Don’t say I never gave you anything. Go Joe!

HB Weekly Menu Planner (1MB; print-quality .pdf file)

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