Physicist Bob Johnson, Ph.D., recently published a new study1 on a technique for freezing time by means of objects commonly available to the public. Dr. Bob, as his friends call him, says he has found “this one neat trick” that could change life as we know it. “In the fast-paced, dog-eat-dog, cat-eat-mouse, tuna-eat-salmon world we […]
In response to an extreme low pressure system that has remained stationary over Wyoming (USA) for three days, the state governor has called for Wyomingans to deflate their automobile and bicycle tires.1 This will increase air pressure and send the low pressure system “at least to Utah, and possibly as far as California,” where, scientists […]
A new study perpetrated on high school students by the University of South Francisco draws some interesting conclusions about students and cell phone use. First of all, there is a direct correlation between being a high school student and using a cell phone. That is, some, if not many, high school students have and use […]
Are you an ardent zombie hunter? Or perhaps a zombie aficionado? Even if your interest in zombies is merely passing and casual, you may still want to know a bit more about them. If so, keep reading. Now, once you get past the beginner (or kindergarten) stage of zombie knowledge, the first thing you ought […]
When you enter your local doughnut shop, what do you feel? Do you experience confusion? Disorientation? A troubling inability to quickly and efficiently choose the absolutely perfect doughnut? A recent poll1 strongly suggests that such symptoms, collectively known as Doughnut Disorientation Syndrome (DDS), occur in approximately 27.500023 %± 8% of the population at large, both […]
Researchers at the Hye Faluten Centre of Energy and Commerce in Glasgow, Scotland, have discovered a novel method of harvesting renewable energy. While their studies hitherto have focused on hydrogen fuel cells and solar panels to collect energy from water and the sun, Dr. Garret Dunne has recently begun studying an old, but mostly forgotten, […]
Given the enthusiastic response of our readers to our recent article on the psychology of large appliance repair, we decided to see if physics has anything interesting to say about the matter. As you no doubt recall, the issue discussed in the earlier story was the statistical correlation between the hours separating midnight and 2:00 […]
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