Sciencemadness Discussion Board

Fun publishing's or knowledge's to know?

DubaiAmateurRocketry - 20-5-2014 at 14:17

Any fun facts or knowledge that is published recently? Lets share it here, let me have a start.

Did you know having sex around 5 times a week actually prevent prostate cancer? Prostate cancer is one of the most popular cancer exists in men, so what are you waiting for ;)
Sexual factors and prostate cancer, BJU International 2003 Vol 92 Issue 3 - G.G. Giles1,*, G. Severi3, D.R. English1, M.R.E. McCredie4, R. Borland2, P. Boyle3 andJ.L. Hopper5
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1464-410X.2003....

Mildronate - 20-5-2014 at 23:00

There are small lies, big lies and there are statistics.

Töilet Plünger - 21-5-2014 at 08:30

Oh, believe me. The research papers are funnier.

Tsjerk - 21-5-2014 at 08:48

http://www.improbable.com/

Also the founders of the Ig Nobel prizes. Of which a winner once even got a real Nobel prize ten years later.

Zyklon-A - 21-5-2014 at 10:23

79.5% of statistics are wrong.
This should probably be in Whimsy.

Tsjerk - 22-5-2014 at 06:37

As long as Annals of Improbable Science aren't seen as whimsy I'm fine with it ;)

DubaiAmateurRocketry - 23-5-2014 at 11:17

Quote: Originally posted by Zyklonb  
79.5% of statistics are wrong.
This should probably be in Whimsy.


The awkward moment when your comment showed a statistical results on how most statistical results are wrong.

Zyklon-A - 23-5-2014 at 11:43

DAR, hehe, it's funny right?

smaerd - 23-5-2014 at 20:00

Here's one for your mind

http://cen.acs.org/articles/89/i23/Catalytic-Earwax-Cost-Inf...

DubaiAmateurRocketry - 26-5-2014 at 18:53

Quote: Originally posted by smaerd  
Here's one for your mind

http://cen.acs.org/articles/89/i23/Catalytic-Earwax-Cost-Inf...


How about this

http://elitedaily.com/news/world/big-butt-healthy-butt-study...