This week’s Feedback column (that I write) in New Scientist magazine has four segments. Here are bits of each of them: Pet contributions — … Brad D. Lee of the University of Kentucky will present his views on the topic “Companion canine nutrient contributions to peri-urban environments“ … Mussel-bound death — … “Dramatic is the fate of a […]
Some might take the view that if you use a camera-equipped laptop, tablet, or smartphone, or post your snaps to a social networking site, then various corporate or governmental organisations (or both) might be likely run an automated face-recognition algorithm on your photo(s). If you were to object to such practices, then you might choose […]
Improbable can find only one academic paper which examines men’s head and facial hair styles in the far western United States between 1873 to 1899. It’s the work of Elaine Pedersen, who is an Associate Professor at the School of Design & Human Environment of Oregon State University. See: Men’s Head and Facial Hair in […]
Today’s Physics Exercise of the Day: Calculate the forces acting upon the mustache of Paul Karl Ludwig Drude. Drude was editor of the journal Annelin der Physik from 1900 to 1906.
