by Captain Skellett | Jul 13, 2010 | Drugs, How Things Work, Recent Research, Science at Home
You’re at the doctors with a suspected infection, but instead of offering penicillin or erythromycin, they prescribe honey. Would you switch toast toppings? Take a honey pill? How about letting the doctor smear medical grade honey over the infected area? People...
by Captain Skellett | Apr 16, 2010 | Just for Fun, Science at Home, Uncategorized
Back in the days before antibiotics, syphilis was a dreadful problem encountered on occasion by hapless sailors on shore leave bewitched by young maidens. Fortunately they could use their super-secret special handshake to detect syphilis. A demonstration is below,...
by Captain Skellett | Apr 7, 2010 | Science at Home, Science Communication, Sex and Reproduction
The headline “Cola lowers sperm count, study shows” popped up on ninemsn recently. Usually I don’t pay much mind to ninemsn, but they had a grizzly story about a Russians who drowned a girl, then served her as meat with a side of potatoes to her...
by Captain Skellett | Apr 5, 2010 | Science at Home
Apologies for the slackness of my posts, I was in Adelaide for the Easter weekend and all my time was spent with family and SexyMan. But now I’m back. Yay. Last week I wrote about air pressure in space, and to carry on the spaceman spiff theme I thought...
by Captain Skellett | Jan 6, 2010 | Recent Research, Science at Home, Science Communication, Unethics
The deadly spoon, it makes a knife look tame by comparison. Indeed, only a meat cleaver attached to a hand beater is more dangerous. Being a lover of spoons (not literally thank you very much. I’m just fond of them, okay? Nothing wrong with that) I am skeptical...
by Captain Skellett | Dec 21, 2009 | How Things Work, Poisons, Science at Home
Last night I made spicy Dhall for dinner, because lentils and peas may be high in protein, but they’re also really lame. I used a recipe from an old English cookbook from the 70’s with all pounds and ounces. Couldn’t be bothered converting stuff, so...