I launched a thread to talk about bizarre scientific papers. Alas it was written in French but wait no more, here is its English cousin! #improbablescience
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="1⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 1" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 1">A comprehensive review of "conflicts" between bears of men in Bhutan: over 5 years, injury is guaranteed but hopefully, no death is reported #ManVsWild https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0237812">https://journals.plos.org/plosone/a...
Circumstances of human conflicts with bears and patterns of bear maul injuries in Bhutan: Review of...

Bhutan is one of the biological hotspots in the world where humans and natural flora and fauna co-exist in close proximity. Bhutan is home to two species of bears: Sloth Bear and Himalayan Black...

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0237812
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="2⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 2" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 2"> You& #39;ve spilled your coffee mug AGAIN?!? Thanks to this thorough study, you& #39;ll know all there is to know about how the coffee moves inside the cup https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2078152015300377">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/a...
A Study on the Coffee Spilling Phenomena in the Low Impulse Regime

When a half-full Bordeaux glass is oscillated sideways at 4Hz, calm waves of wine gently ripple upon the surface. However, when a cylindrical mug is s…

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2078152015300377
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="3⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 3" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 3">The observation of 200 animals for 4 years led australianhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇦🇺" title="Flagge von Australien" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Australien"> scientists to the conclusion that the more girlfriends female kangorooshttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🦘" title="Kangaroo" aria-label="Emoji: Kangaroo">have, the less kids they gave birth tohttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤷‍♂️" title="Achselzuckender Mann" aria-label="Emoji: Achselzuckender Mann"> #BFFs https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:d93c8e2 ">https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:d...
Higher sociability leads to lower reproductive success in female kangaroos

In social mammals, social integration is generally assumed to improve females' reproductive success. Most species demonstrating this relationship exhibit complex forms of social bonds and interacti...

https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:d93c8e2
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="4⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 4" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 4">According to this UShttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇺🇸" title="Flagge der Vereinigten Staaten" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge der Vereinigten Staaten"> study on 1,500 people, atheists sleep better than catholics or protestants. So skip the bedtime prayer and start counting sheep!https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😴" title="Schlafendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Schlafendes Gesicht"> https://academic.oup.com/sleep/article-abstract/43/Supplement_1/A76/5847064?redirectedFrom=fulltext">https://academic.oup.com/sleep/art...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="5⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 5" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 5">When you ride the subwayhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🚇" title="U-Bahn" aria-label="Emoji: U-Bahn">, know you& #39;re surrounded with microbes, according to this painstaking study of the Mexico subway system: 5 minutes after being cleaned up, the train pole gets back its former bacterial florahttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🦠" title="Microbe" aria-label="Emoji: Microbe"> https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0237272">https://journals.plos.org/plosone/a...
Passenger-surface microbiome interactions in the subway of Mexico City

Interaction between hands and the environment permits the interchange of microorganisms. The Mexico City subway is used daily by millions of passengers that get in contact with its surfaces. In this...

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0237272
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="6⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 6" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 6">Hay or grass? Britishhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇬🇧" title="Flagge des Vereinigten Königreiches" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge des Vereinigten Königreiches"> pony-loving vets have studied the impact of such a shift in diet on the gut microbiota of these small equids, by looking closely at the faeceshttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💩" title="Dreckshaufen" aria-label="Emoji: Dreckshaufen"> https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/authors?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0237869">https://journals.plos.org/plosone/a...
Abrupt dietary changes between grass and hay alter faecal microbiota of ponies

Abrupt dietary changes, as can be common when managing horses, may lead to compositional changes in gut microbiota, which may result in digestive or metabolic disturbances. The aim of this study was...

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/authors?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0237869
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="7⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 7" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 7">Czechhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇨🇿" title="Flagge der Tschechischen Republik" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge der Tschechischen Republik"> psychologists & zoologists studied human reactions facing snakehttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐍" title="Schlange" aria-label="Emoji: Schlange"> pictures. They& #39;ve found that the more venomous snakes are the ones we fear the most. Well done Mother Nature! https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0236999">https://journals.plos.org/plosone/a...
Venomous snakes elicit stronger fear than nonvenomous ones: Psychophysiological response to snake...

Snakes have been important ambush predators of both primates and human hunter-gatherers throughout their co-evolutionary history. Viperid snakes in particular are responsible for most fatal venomous...

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0236999
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="8⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 8" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 8">Canadianhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇨🇦" title="Flagge von Kanada" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Kanada"> biologists have identified in chocolate a molecule from the flavonoid family which boosts the memory of... snaleshttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐌" title="Schnecke" aria-label="Emoji: Schnecke"> https://jeb.biologists.org/content/215/20/3566">https://jeb.biologists.org/content/2...
A flavonol present in cocoa [(−)epicatechin] enhances snail memory

Dietary consumption of flavonoids (plant phytochemicals) may improve memory and neuro-cognitive performance, though the mechanism is poorly understood. Previous work has assessed cognitive effects in...

https://jeb.biologists.org/content/215/20/3566
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="9⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 9" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 9">What is the state of the art about parachutehttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🪂" title="Fallschirm" aria-label="Emoji: Fallschirm"> efficacy int the fight against gravity? Astonishingly, no randomised controlled clinical trial shows a mortality reductionhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤣" title="Lachend auf dem Boden rollen" aria-label="Emoji: Lachend auf dem Boden rollen"> PS: do not miss the article footnotes https://www.bmj.com/content/327/7429/1459">https://www.bmj.com/content/3...
Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma related to gravitational challenge: systematic...

Objectives To determine whether parachutes are effective in preventing major trauma related to gravitational challenge. Design Systematic review of randomised controlled trials. Data sources:...

https://www.bmj.com/content/327/7429/1459
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="1⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 1" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 1">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="0⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 0" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 0">... and the long-awaited trial finally arrived in 2018 (in the Christmas issue of @bmj_latest): no mortality reduction with a parachutehttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🪂" title="Fallschirm" aria-label="Emoji: Fallschirm"> (but pay attention to the details of the trial, especially the protocol differences between the two groups) https://www.bmj.com/content/363/bmj.k5094">https://www.bmj.com/content/3...
Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma when jumping from aircraft: randomized controlled...

Objective To determine if using a parachute prevents death or major traumatic injury when jumping from an aircraft. Design Randomized controlled trial. Setting Private or commercial aircraft between...

https://www.bmj.com/content/363/bmj.k5094
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="1⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 1" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 1">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="1⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 1" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 1">Menhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♂️" title="Männliches Zeichen" aria-label="Emoji: Männliches Zeichen"> are more biased towards money and success than womenhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♀️" title="Weibliches Zeichen" aria-label="Emoji: Weibliches Zeichen">, whatever are their own socio-conomic status. In other words, men are created venalhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💲" title="Fettes Dollarzeichen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes Dollarzeichen"> https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343865164_A_registered_report_on_how_implicit_pro-rich_bias_is_shaped_by_the_perceiver%27s_gender_and_socioeconomic_status">https://www.researchgate.net/publicati...
(PDF) A registered report on how implicit pro-rich bias is shaped by the perceiver's gender and...

PDF | Although high status is often considered a desirable quality, this may not always be the case. Different factors may moderate the value of high... | Find, read and cite all the research you...

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343865164_A_registered_report_on_how_implicit_pro-rich_bias_is_shaped_by_the_perceiver%27s_gender_and_socioeconomic_status
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="1⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 1" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 1">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="2⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 2" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 2">Do you burn more calories by climbing stairs 2 steps at a time or by going at a normal pace? London scientists have recruted 14 volunteers to solve that mystery https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0051213">https://journals.plos.org/plosone/a...
The Energy Expenditure of Stair Climbing One Step and Two Steps at a Time: Estimations from...

Stairway climbing provides a ubiquitous and inconspicuous method of burning calories. While typically two strategies are employed for climbing stairs, climbing one stair step per stride or two steps...

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0051213
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="1⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 1" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 1">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="3⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 3" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 3">After lightninghttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⚡️" title="Hochspannungszeichen" aria-label="Emoji: Hochspannungszeichen"> killed more than 300 reindeers in Norwayhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇳🇴" title="Flagge von Norwegen" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Norwegen">, zoologists have observed that rodentshttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐀" title="Ratte" aria-label="Emoji: Ratte"> have deserted the area for 2 years: fear of decaying carcasses or scare of ravens that feast on them? https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.191644">https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.10...
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