Neurontic covers breakthroughs in neuroscience and psychology and is designed to give laypeople a window into the inner workings of the human mind. Orli Van Mourik is a freelance journalist in New York City. Her work has appeared in Psychology Today Magazine .
There are two kinds of silly science, folks. There's good silly science, exemplified this week by three high school kids who got together and decided the best way to fulfill their AP Psychology requirement was to rejigger a Britney Spears' video so it looked like she was singing a ballad about the occipital lobe.
And then there's bad silly science. This week's winner in the bad silly science category? Brian Witcombe, a British radiologist, who burned through some of the tax payers hardearned cash to deliver this stunning revelation:
Sword swallowers run a higher risk of injury when they are distracted or adding embellishments to their performance.
Ummm, yeah.
Comments
I think that swordswallower piece deserves a nomination for an igNobel Prize.
Posted by: chezjake | February 18, 2007 2:12 PM
I am willing to bet a dollar that it WILL get the next year's IgNobel.
Posted by: coturnixc | February 18, 2007 2:46 PM
I agree with the guys above.
Posted by: Organic Chemistry | April 9, 2007 8:23 AM