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HUMAN ANATOMY TERMS THAT SOUND LIKE THINGS YOU WOULD GO SEE ON A VACATION

Aortic Arch Corpus Callosum Islets of Langerhans Bowman’s Capsule Cranial Vault Semicircular Canals Medullary Pyramids Brodmann Areas Crypts of Lieberkühn Prussack’s Space Fissure of Rolando McBurney’s Point Anterior Horn Alcock’s Canal Hesselbach’s Triangle Loop of Henle Renal Columns of Bertin

CARTOON EPISODES ABOUT SCIENCE

(Originally from Yankee Pot Roast) – – – The Super Friends epsiode: “Wonder vs. Wonder” When it becomes clear that a mission is botched because Wonder Woman is clearly visible in her invisible jet, unhappy murmurs begin to surface within the Super Friends’ organization. In particular, Zan, of the Wonder Twins, is merciless in his teasing of Wonder Woman. It also doesn’t help that Wonder Woman, herself, is generally not impressed with his otherwise useless superpower (“Form of a bucket of water? What in Amazon is that about?”) In any event, Batman decides to put his scientific mind to work…

GLACIER RESTORATION PROJECT CREEPS FORWARD

(From the Periphery) Pending the results of an Environmental Review Board (ERB) hearing scheduled for next Tuesday, Dr. Susan Millar is scheduled to commence work on the long anticipated Glacier Restoration Project early this winter. “We’ve been working at this for a long time,” Millar said at a press conference in the James Library. “It feels like its coming to an end, but “It feels like its coming to an end, but we expect that it is just the beginning of a new epoch in glacial research, if not a new glacial epoch.” Dr. Millar and her team was awarded…

SCIENCE VS. SUPERSTITION: ROUND TWO

(previously) 1 Leonard Mendle is extremely superstitious. After he drops a hand mirror while trying to shave his back, he decides to steer clear of the dangerous outside world and stay in his house, where he will wait out the next seven years. A concerned friend arranges for Dr. Gloria Weiss, psychiatrist, to visit Mr. Mendle regularly in an effort to convince him to go outside, and to clear up his lingering mother issues. It’s an intense battle of wills that doesn’t end until some six and a half years later when Mr. Mendle suddenly comes to his senses, embraces…

MIRACLE ON THE 34TH REPLICATE

A Christmas Play – – – Characters: Dr. Macy: a young female scientist Dr. Terrell: the ex-chairman of the department Charles Darwin: looking a bit like Santa Dr. Fred Gimble: Macy’s boyfriend Geemo: Macy’s daughter The Recombinant DNA BioSafety Committee Dr. Frankenstein, Dr. Vader, and the Invisible Man (Macy is in the lab, working.) Macy (on the phone): Yes, I know what time it is. (Pause) I’ll go home when I’m done – I mean, when she’s done. (She covers the phone and speaks to a flask full of media. ) This time it’ll work honey. I’m sure of it.…

SCIENCE FICTION VS FANTASY: AN OPINIONATED GUIDE

I Fanboy: Hey gang! Did you read The Sword of Shanara? The characters traveled hundreds of miles described in excruciating detail for hundreds of pages, until they reached the ultimate battle between good and evil! Cool huh? Scientist: Whatever. The characters in Red Planet traveled 48 million miles to Mars, while those in 2001 traveled 369 million miles to Jupiter. Characters in Asimov’s Foundation books travel millions of light-years all over the Milky Way galaxy in routine manner. Isn’t it amazing what people can accomplish when they don’t have to walk everywhere? Thank a scientist for your planes, trains, automobiles,…

ADVICE ON HOW TO BABYPROOF YOUR MOLECULAR GENETICS LABORATORY

One of the first things that a newborn experiences is not necessarily the warmth and scent of the mother’s embrace, but rather a series of pokes and pricks to ascertain health and mental alertness. It therefore seems to me that a natural progression of this trend is to incorporate the highest medical predictive technology into an infant’s normal surroundings. In other words, it seems obvious to me that sooner or later everyone will have their own molecular genetics lab in their household – most likely adjoining the kitchen. But, of course, with this new standard of living, steps must be…

SCIENCE VS. SUPERSTITION

1 Dr. Andrew Fober, geologist, is putting his trash on the curb when a black cat crosses his path. It belongs to the Hennessy girl down the street. He thinks its name might be Pickles. Not ten minutes later, Dr. Fober stumbles down his cellar steps and breaks his collarbone. Twenty minutes after that, Pickles is flattened by a passing Buick. Winner: Science. – – – 2 During their sophomore year at Harvard Medical School, sweethearts Jack Beecher and Wendy Arnold decide they can wait no longer. They make plans for a spring wedding. On the morning of the big…