Via “BoingBoing”:http://www.boingboing.net, NCBI ROFL, a blog devoted to cataloging the … more interesting academic articles in the literature. Recent finds include articles:
“testing hypotheses about navel fluff generation”:http://www.ncbirofl.com/2009/07/nature-of-navel-fluff.html
“on sheerness of disco clothing and female sexual motivation”:http://www.ncbirofl.com/2009/07/does-this-outfit-make-me-look-like-i.html
“providing an analysis of the forces required to drag sheep over various surfaces”:http://www.ncbirofl.com/2009/06/real-shepherds-use-trebuchets.html
“presenting a preliminary survey of rhinotillexomania [nose-picking] in an adolescent sample”:http://www.ncbirofl.com/2009/06/science-of-booger-picking-revealed.html
“on accidental condom inhalation as a medical problem”:http://www.ncbirofl.com/2009/06/so-thats-where-that-went.html (the other medical articles concern subjects even less suited to discussion on a family-friendly blog).
and my favourite, an “experiment”:http://www.ncbirofl.com/2009/06/what-kind-of-panties-should-i-put-on-my.html in which
“Twenty-four dogs were divided into two equal groups, one of which wore cotton underpants and the other polyester ones. Seven dogs wearing nothing were used as controls.”
Truly, academic research is a many-wondered thing …