The topic of today’s comic comes to us via one of our readers, Harry Clark. Granted, he sent it in last month, but hey, I’ve been busy. I had written the joke before realizing that the whole PLOS One article was available for reading (shame on me), and as I find myself standing on the [...]
Here’s the comic that would also have appeared on Tuesday. I decided to publish it today just in case I was inspired to draw a comic for Friday’s episode of Strip Search. The research, published in PLOS ONE last week, had 21 subjects put on a regimen on Nintendo Wii games, and then tested on [...]
Some quickies for you before I head down to Science Online. Here are the links to the discoveries lampooned in today’s comics: New Endoscopy Technique. Look at that thing. YOU swallow it. Stiff Supergel that melts when it is cooled Enjoy! I’ll try to update with some conference doodles if I have time. Hope to [...]
Given that all life evolved in the presence of the Earth’s gravity, it is unsurprising that removing that element has some curious effects on our physiology*. Our bodies compensate for fluids being pulled downwards; our bones actually grow stronger from the normal stresses put on them by exercise; and is the definition of physical strength [...]
Today we are proud to announce our first article written by a guest blogger. Doctor Nocere is an acquaintance of ours who had expressed interest in doing a guest spot such as this one, and so penned this wonderful piece on the superstitions of baby sexing (no, it’s not what you think, you dirty, dirty monkeys). Dr. [...]
Speaking of priorities, before I talk about today’s comic I’d like to convey my heartfelt condolences to the people of Oslo, Norway in the wake of Friday’s terror attack. I’ve always viewed Norway —the whole Scandinavian region, really—as a safe, welcoming place for freethinkers, and it broke my heart to see it torn by this [...]
I am a huge fan of House. What’s not to love? It’s Hugh Laurie! A Bit of Fry and Laurie? Blackadder? Sure, House is a jerk, but he’s a jerk who’s RIGHT, and I can only dream of being able to be so snarky and get away with it because I’m brilliant/right/rich. He’s also an [...]