Do you swear at work? If not, maybe you should.
A new study by management professor Yehuda Baruch of the University of East Anglia in the U.K. finds that cursing can make for a better, more sociable workplace.
It depends on what type of swearing, of course. Abusive, bullying cursing is a no-no. […]
Archive for October, 2007
We all know that dung makes for good fertilizer. But human urine? Yes, according to researchers at the University of Kuopio, Finland.
Why, you ask, would researchers want to test this hypothesis in the first place? First, because urine has an ancient legacy as fertilizer. It’s sterile and nitrogen-rich and […]
Moose mothers give birth near highways
Published October 15th, 2007 in Bizarre, Animals and Human World. 3 CommentsWhere’s the best place for moose to give birth? Why, near roads bustling with traffice, of course. Why? Because grizzly bears don’t like traffic. So, as far as a mother moose is concerned, the risk of brining a little moose into the world near whizzing Hummers and RVs is outweighed by the risk of giving […]
You’ve probably heard about “smart clothes” that don’t wrinkle, ward off stains and can even take out the garbage. (The first two yes, the last one I made up–but that would be cool).
Well, how about a bra that detects cancer?
It’s on the way, according to researchers at the Center for Materials Research and […]
Do wildebeest have a deathwish?
It would seem so, given that every year during their late summer, 2000-mile migration from Tanzania to Kenya and back again, something like 1000 (and usually less) wildebeest drown while crossing Kenya’s Mara River.
But this year, just last week, on their way back to Tanzania around 10,000 wildebeest died when they […]