The question for dental professionals looms perhaps large: should they urge patients to use garlic as a mouthwash? This review study tries to find an answer to that question: “The Clinical Antimicrobial Efficacy of Garlic Extract (Allium Sativum) Compared to Chlorhexidine Mouthwash: A Systematic Review,” Youmna Ahmed Abdelaal, Heba Talal Saeed, Malak Ahmad Elayyan, Sara […]
There’s another new episode of the TV adventure documentary series about Japanese Ig Nobel Prize winners, produced by the NHK network. This one is called “Rendering People Speechless.” The series is called “Laugh Then Think — Japan’s Offbeat Science”. The episodes are watchable online, each for a year after its first broadcast. They are also […]
Joshua Bamford has joined the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists™ (LFHCfS). He says: I am a cognitive anthropologist, studying the evolutionary functions of music and dance in Homo sapiens. Since moving to Finland, I have been investigating the effect of passive exposure to heavy metal music on hair growth, finding positive results. Joshua S. […]
It’s complicated and yet it’s simple. A person called average_joe_mcc made this video in which he explains the Ig Nobel Prizes by holding his smartphone in one hand, focusing the phone’s camera on his computer screen and on the fingers of his other hand, as he reads aloud the words that are on the computer […]
