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[Doki]

http://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/02/they-p...ce-experiments/

How do they get funded?

[pcrman]

interesting. This is one of them:

Male science nerds likely to be virgins:
"Hmmm, who is most likely to be a virgin, a party-girl, a jock, or a nerd? Think about it. No surprise here; male science nerds between 16 and 25 are the most likely to not have had sex.

At least the study provided some legitimate reasons for this statistic, rather than the typical “nerds are pimply and boring” theories of popular media. The study reasoned that these nerds were the population segment least likely to be in situations where they would meet potential lovers. Apparently, doing homework and going to the library doesn’t help you meet chicks. Hey, at least they’re being productive. Interestingly, female art students were the most sexually active."

[hobglobin]

I guess I'll do a second undergraduate degree in arts

[Minnie Mouse]

How about female science nerds?

[perneseblue]

Minnie Mouse, on Mar 2 2009, 03:41 PM, said:

How about female science nerds?

Obviously further research and an additional grant would be needed to answer this pressing question.

[toejam]

must be done by donations and charity. also the Ig nobel prize will aid in this field of research.
for more information visit the improbable research website (now open access!! ) http://improbable.com/

[Curtis]

this study about nerds is true...even if not virgin, they are less sexually active.

I know a guy in our faculty who is 30 and still virgin.

Edited by Curtis, 03 March 2009 - 06:09 AM.

[toejam]

Curtis, on Mar 3 2009, 02:08 PM, said:

this study about nerds is true...even if not virgin, they are less sexually active.

I know a guy in our faculty who is 30 and still virgin.

hahaha how do you know these kinds of things about people in your faculty?

[Penguin]

How about this as a candidate for strange science

 pressures_produced_when_penguins_poo.pdf (266.08K)
Number of downloads: 28

(By the way, not my project despite my username and avatar!)

P

[toejam]

hahaha, Fig 1 is GREAT!

[hobglobin]

A New scientist paper, weird or tragic?

And a lot of black humour or cynicism. Not all will like it, so be careful!
Select a city, a weapon, nuke it....

[Curtis]

toejam, on Mar 3 2009, 06:31 AM, said:

Curtis, on Mar 3 2009, 02:08 PM, said:

this study about nerds is true...even if not virgin, they are less sexually active.

I know a guy in our faculty who is 30 and still virgin.

hahaha how do you know these kinds of things about people in your faculty?

ok,....the guy is actually from our lab....so I tried not to give a very direct address...

I lost my virginity when I was 18, but I'm also not very sexually active when I compare myself with my brother and my friends.

[Doki]

Penguin, on Mar 7 2009, 02:31 AM, said:

How about this as a candidate for strange science

pressure...uins_poo.pdf

(By the way, not my project despite my username and avatar!)

P

They should have included some photos to clarify what they are saying.

hobglobin, on Mar 7 2009, 07:14 AM, said:

A New scientist paper, weird or tragic?

And a lot of black humour or cynicism. Not all will like it, so be careful!
Select a city, a weapon, nuke it....

My heart escaped a beat looking at the nuke mapping for my city

[Penguin]

Found this on the IgNoble website

 ovulatory_cycle_effects_on_tip_earnings_by_lap_dancers.pdf (195.85K)
Number of downloads: 16

Actually very interesting

(The section beginning "Because academics may be unfamiliar with the gentlemen's club subculture . . . " is funny)

Edited by Penguin, 12 March 2009 - 02:33 AM.

[toejam]

Penguin, on Mar 12 2009, 10:24 AM, said:

Found this on the IgNoble website

ovulator..._dancers.pdf

Actually very interesting

(The section beginning "Because academics may be unfamiliar with the gentlemen's club subculture . . . " is funny)

maybe Curtis's labmate should do this kind of research....