Why I, a founder of PLOS, am forsaking open access By Michael Eisen | Published: April 1, 2014 PLEASE NOTE BEFORE YOU READ THIS THAT IT WAS WRITTEN FOR APRIL FOOLS DAY ON DR. EISEN’S WEBSITE!!! I co-founded the Public Library of Science (PLOS) in 2002 because I believed deeply that the open a[...]
Posts Tagged ‘humor’
March 27th, 2015 - 10:32 am § in Misc.
Spam CAN be funny!
This was found in TA’s spam filter. With someone like Iverson who has been such a fixture in the NBA for so long, that might be intimidating for Anthony, but he needs to stop making offcourt mistakes and convince his team to fight on defense what occurs is this, that your endometrium, which is[...]
March 2nd, 2015 - 4:07 am § in Misc.
BRA fitting
Ed. I hope (and think) this is in good taste. If nothing else it will give my gender a better idea of how the other half lives. [...]
February 28th, 2015 - 12:21 pm § in Misc.
THE Ave Challenge: What is it?
a. Symbol for the Falkland Islands pound b. Letter in the Polish alphabet c. Mathematical symbol for a LePLace function d. C orporate logo for new Lenovo cell phones e. First letter of Korean alphabet[...]
February 26th, 2015 - 4:01 am § in Misc.
Pharyngula: Return of Superwater?
Has another Nobelist gone over the deep end? … from PZ Myers at Pharyngula: Luc Montagnier, the Nobel prize winning co-discoverer of the human immunodeficiency virus, …. claims in several papers that the DNA of pathogenic bacteria emits an electromagnetic signal, and further, that if you[...]
February 25th, 2015 - 1:56 am § in America
Jewish Joke
So there is this guy Walter O’Connor. Walter is an anti-Semite. One day Walter is in the Irish part of Boston, not far from the Jewish neighborhood. Warren goes in to quench his thirst .. a shot of Jameson’s with a chaser of Sam Adams! The bar is full of the Boston Irish, all drinking t[...]
February 7th, 2015 - 2:03 am § in Science
Wierd Scient(ists)
Michael Mosley infests himself with tapeworms The moment Michael Mosley discovered a tapeworm living inside him BBC TV presenter Dr Michael Mosley has infected himself with a number of parasites in an effort to understand how they affect the human body. He swallowed tapeworm cysts, stuck a leech on [...]
February 4th, 2015 - 11:12 am § in Hypocrisy, Schools & Colleges
Michael Young to Lead Action Against the Seahawks
Did Michael Young Leave the UW Because of the 12? Michael Young was a prominent Republican attorney long before he came to the UW as President. Now, this eminent attorney and the new President of Texas A&M is preparing for legal action against the Seattle Seahawks when the Seahawks’ r[...]
New Way of walking the dog: The App!
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