Genetic Mishap
Boomstick Coordinator
I am a South American fish. Surrender your urethra.
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Post by Genetic Mishap on Feb 7, 2004 22:33:42 GMT -5
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Genetic Mishap
Boomstick Coordinator
I am a South American fish. Surrender your urethra.
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Post by Genetic Mishap on Feb 7, 2004 22:49:53 GMT -5
This has absolutley, positvely nothing to do with anything, but I have to share it without starting a new thread: Some Nobel winning guy and his research on a homosexual necrophiliac duck. www.nmr.nl/deins815.htm |
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Landatauron
Ghostbuster
Shop Smart. Shop S-Mart.
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Post by Landatauron on Feb 8, 2004 0:38:37 GMT -5
Actually I find that blockbuster thing to be kinda funny. Also, I'm a little upset that I never thought of it.
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DARTHMADLER
Boomstick Coordinator
WARNING: Low Overhang
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Post by DARTHMADLER on Feb 8, 2004 21:55:47 GMT -5
Re: The Duck
Thank goodness that we have crack scientists covering this sort of thing, I'll be able to sleep better at night.
As for Blockbuster, when wasn't it pure evil?
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Post by duckie on Feb 9, 2004 8:30:54 GMT -5
This has absolutley, positvely nothing to do with anything, but I have to share it without starting a new thread: Some Nobel winning guy and his research on a homosexual necrophiliac duck. www.nmr.nl/deins815.htmI came across that research a little while ago, it was featured on the Annals of Improbable Research (AIR) - really cool tongue-in-cheek journal for us geeks in the scientific community. The journal is a mix of legitimate (and some not-so legitimate) articles; it's surprising to see what they sometimes find. Check out the Ig Nobel awards, when you get a chance (the duck story was their 2003 Biology winner)... It's surprising what sometimes makes its way into legitimate journals. Makes me wonder every time I get a journal submission returned.  - Duckie (who is in no way associated with the mallard in the link above  ) |
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Post by Magill on Feb 9, 2004 11:19:24 GMT -5
If I had access to a journal database, I'd try to find the article, but I've seen a paper that attempts to calculate the heat loss from Dumbo's ears. They referenced the metabolism of young elephants, the proportion of surface area that Dumbo's ears took up, and possible needs for such a cooling mechanism.
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Post by PoolMan on Feb 9, 2004 13:28:27 GMT -5
Re: The Duck Thank goodness that we have crack scientists covering this sort of thing, I'll be able to sleep better at night. Or as they say on Fark: Still no cure for cancer. |
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Post by FiveMileSmile on Feb 12, 2004 7:54:08 GMT -5
I guy I knew at school once used physics to calculate the number of times you would orbit the earth if punched at full strength by superman, using comic references to determine the maximum force Superman was able to deliver with a single punch, taking into account things like wind resistance and gravity.
Thank goodness no-one ever let him near a research grant.
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