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9th Grade Science Experiment: Garden Cress Won't Germinate Near Routers
New submitter SessionExpired writes "Five 9th graders from Denmark have shown that garden cress won't germinate when placed near a router (Google Translation of Danish original). Article text is in Danish, but the pictures illustrate their results. The exact mechanism is still unknown (Danish original), but experts have shown interest in reproducing the experiment."
Well, your Mom is in heat so I'll try the germination experiment right now. (And yes, while humans lost oestrus, your Mom is such a dirty slut that she got it back.)
Did they try NOT eating surströmming at lunch in the vicinity of the experiment?
Or the ninth graders just forgot to water one side of the tray.
Or just as likely, they just faked the data. These kids aren't stupid, they understand that the only way to get a good grade on such a lame experiment is to get unexpected results. If the router had no effect, they would received a B minus, they would not have won the science fair, and we certainly wouldn't be discussing their experiment on Slashdot.
The only reason someone would accuse 9th grade students of scientific fraud is that they are themselves prone to committing fraud.
Well, you got me there. I faked my way through most of my college science labs. I figured out that just faking the data to give the expected result is less work and results in a higher grade. I hadn't figured that out by ninth grade, but maybe these kids are smarter than I was.
You don't like the result because you are a computer geek.
No, I would love to see their result confirmed. It would mean there was some new force in the Universe that we are unaware of. In addition to its use as a herbicide, maybe this new force could be used for ESP or superluminal communications. The possibilities are endless. It would be wonderful.
As someone that has performed similar radiation experiments as part of my research into zero-light horticulture, faking this is very doubtful, as I've encountered the same issues.
Wow! Did you publish these results? If so, can you post a photo of your Nobel Prize?
If you didn't publish your results, why should anyone believe you?