The 10 Most Absurd Scientific Papers

Lanxon writes "It's true: 'Effects of cocaine on honeybee dance behavior,' 'Fellatio by fruit bats prolongs copulation time,' and 'Are full or empty beer bottles sturdier and does their fracture-threshold suffice to break the human skull?' are all genuine scientific research papers, and all were genuinely published in journals or similar publications. Wired's presentation of a collection of the most bizarrely-named research papers contains seven other gems, including one about naval fluff and another published in The Journal of Sex Research."

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Re:TOO MUCH EINSTEIN!

[furby076]

It's a funny looking picture. How many famous scientists put out a picture like that? He is also one of the most recognizable faces in the science community. Yes there are more famous people - but do we know what they look like? How many of these scientists have multiple movies based on their lives? It's more then his political agenda.

Grade school science fair

[R2.0]

I built a model of a nuclear power plant for my science fair project in 7th grade. I would have won (aside from the fact that it wasn't really an experiment), except that the nuns decided I COULDN'T have done it myself and my Dad had to have helped, so I was DQ'd. Fine. Whatever.

Next year comes around, and my teachers asks me what I'm doing for the science fair. "Nothing - I'm not doing it."

"Yes, you are."

"But it's voluntary!"

"Not for you it isn't."

So I decided to fuck with the teacher and titled my experiment "The Aerodynamics of Paper Airplanes". I made 2 types, and tested them using a gravity drop and a rubber band launcher. I wound up coming in second place, and got an award from NASA at the county event. I can't help but think the nuns were feeling some mixed emotions.