Weird Science
Odd things happening in the world this month: antisocial shoplifters, butterfly-proof bank notes, milk for muscles, a record-breaking jigsaw computer and nanofoods.
Odd things happening in the world this month
A study by University of Leicester psychologists found that shoplifters tend to be male, unpleasant and antisocial, disorganised and unreliable. Nobel Prize in the post, is it?
Butterflies could help stop bank note forgery. Boffins have developed a way of copying the elaborate structure on a butterfly’s wing that bounces light around to create vivid colouring. The tech could be employed on notes to make them harder to copy.
A test at McMaster University (yes, that’s a place) showed that drinking a glass of milk after weightlifting caused more muscle gain and more fat loss than drinking energy drinks.
A computer has set a world record for completing a jigsaw, finishing a 400-piece puzzle in 3 minutes. It was an 85-year-old computer called Beryl. She doesn’t see her grandchildren much and quite likes that nice man on Countdown.
Tests on adolescent monkeys (yes, we know chimps aren’t technically monkeys, wise ass) showed that giving them large amounts of alcohol destroyed brain cells. The monkeys aren’t allowed to hang out with scientists anymore.
Sony Ericsson has created software that stops people spying over your shoulder when you’re webcamming. It will use facial recognition to detect someone hovering over you and blank the screen until they naff off.
Good news, fatties! Scientists are working on the development of ‘nanofoods’, which (as we all know) means foods manipulated on a microscopic level. This could magically make them more filling, contain less fattening fat or just be more flavoursome.
From the August 2010 issue of FHM India.
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