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Headlines matching 'research'
Fri February 10, 2012
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(Science Daily) Obvious Microbiologist says our ignorance on role of microbes in oceans, global warming future, leads to HUGE RISKS, and calls for more research to identify and reduce HUGE RISKS caused by our ignorance of the HUGH RISKS associated with AGW HUGE RISKS  (sciencedaily.com) (68)


Thu February 09, 2012
(Some Guy) Hero Researchers develop way to scan liquids that may allow travelers to carry on enough vodka to relieve the stress of the TSA screening, Southwest boarding process  (physicsworld.com) (105)
(The Register) Spiffy New research reveals Himalayan glaciers may not be disappearing at all, probably because they're too difficult for would-be ice thieves to reach  (theregister.co.uk) (69)


Mon February 06, 2012
(Fox News) Interesting Good News: Researchers invent vaccines to prevent heroin, cocaine, and meth addiction. Bad News: It's in Mexico  (latino.foxnews.com) (112)
(Houston Chronicle) Amusing Randy Travis doing first-person research for a new album  (blog.chron.com) (49)


Sun February 05, 2012
(Daily Mail) Followup Researcher at Institute of Extracting Theories from Our Rectums posits that epidemic of Tourette's-like symptoms plaguing New York town is caused by people unconsciously mimicking what they see on Facebook and YouTube  (dailymail.co.uk) (30)
(Chronicle of Higher Ed) Sad Not news: Baby tested for fear of rat, dog and monkey. News: Unafraid until accompanied by loud clang. Fark: He was probably autistic, and the shady research psychologists knew it. Ultrafark: The year was 1920  (chronicle.com) (39)


Sat February 04, 2012
(Chicago Tribune) Interesting Researchers try to figure out exactly what makes a hit song, forget to factor in payola and the public's horrible taste in music  (chicagotribune.com) (77)


Fri February 03, 2012
(Japan Times) Weird University hires top ninja chief as business-school professor, researching how to apply ninja precepts to business world  (japantimes.co.jp) (42)
(MSNBC) Weird Researchers in Antarctica discover weird lakes that move, crawling like syrup. Antarctic trifecta complete  (msnbc.msn.com) (37)
(Daily Mail) Obvious Researchers say men become nicer, kinder, more caring when a beautiful woman is nearby. Well, duh  (dailymail.co.uk) (131)


Thu February 02, 2012
(Some Girl) Followup Komen for the Cure goes full derp, halts funding for stem cell research  (lifenews.com) (331)
(MSNBC) Interesting Researchers say scratching feels better on certain parts of your body. Sounds like junk science to me  (bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com) (12)


Wed February 01, 2012
(LA Times) Sad Researcher who spent 18 years seeking a cure for Lou Gehrig's Disease dies. Of Lou Gehrig's Disease. Still no cure for Lou Gehrig's Disease  (latimes.com) (68)


Sun January 29, 2012
(Daily Mail) Cool Ohh, Global warming not scary enough for you? It bores you? Well how about FREEZING TO DEATH IN A NEW ICE AGE? There, that ought to keep 'em in line. Now where's my research grant?  (dailymail.co.uk) (394)


Sat January 28, 2012
(Some Guy) Amusing Things scientists write in research papers...and what they actually mean  (recyclexp.net) (49)
(UPI) Scary Researchers observe how a new virus evolves and how diseases can quickly gain dangerous mutations. Interesting tag rapidly mutates into Scary tag  (upi.com) (27)


Fri January 27, 2012
(My Fox DC) Interesting Researchers analyzed DNA remains of 12 thoroughbred stallions born between 1764 and 1930, 330 elite performing modern Thoroughbreds, 40 donkeys and two zebras. And of course Henry the Horse danced the waltz  (myfoxdc.com) (26)


Thu January 26, 2012
(Some Guy) Interesting Can monkeys beat a hedge fund? Economists last seen throwing poop at the researchers  (wire.kapitall.com) (36)


Wed January 25, 2012
(Abc.net.au) Cool Researchers discover that flying dinosaurs had black feathers like ravens, believe that they still couldn't hit a 32-yard chip shot  (abc.net.au) (13)


Tue January 24, 2012
(Some Happy Guy) Obvious Leading researcher says magic mushrooms could treat depression, details results of study involving seven pink unicorns, two rainbow colored Andean mountain goats and a really long chat with Jim Morrison's ghost  (tgdaily.com) (124)


Thu January 19, 2012
(UPI) Interesting Researchers say black doctor community better at unspoken language, frowning on your shenanigans  (upi.com) (55)


Wed January 18, 2012
(ABC) Stupid Harvard conducts study of hipsters before other universities start doing their own and this research becomes uncool  (abcnews.go.com) (16)
(TechnologyReview) Interesting Researchers begin application process on a new material that converts heat into electricity. Initial plans are to slather it on Sofia Vergara and light up the lower half of Manhattan  (technologyreview.com) (28)
(Buzzfeed) Amusing Here's John McCain's 200 page opposition research file on Mitt Romney  (buzzfeed.com) (50)


Tue January 17, 2012
(News.com.au) Amusing Researchers spot smiley face in cancer cell. Neener, neener  (news.com.au) (18)


Mon January 16, 2012
(CNN) Interesting Researchers at the Biz Markie Memorial Center for Science and Discovery decide to take a look at what happens in your brain and throat when you're beatboxing  (cnn.com) (14)


Fri January 13, 2012
(PhysOrg.com) Spiffy Researchers find Sydney whales unfazed by whale watchers, will continue to wear their Speedos proudly  (physorg.com) (2)
(PhysOrg.com) Spiffy Mainstream researchers at Cornell have developed a new breed of strawberry with pineapple overtones, possibly saving us from delicious strawberry death  (physorg.com) (12)


Thu January 12, 2012
(SacBee) Interesting Lupus Research Institute launches bold global research initiative to uncover the root causes of why it's not lupus  (sacbee.com) (45)
(Medical News Today) Followup Remember that study that showed red wine was good for you? Yeah, turns out the 'researcher' made it all up. Besides, everyone knows hard liquor is the key to healthy living  (medicalnewstoday.com) (95)


Tue January 10, 2012
(Globe and Mail) Asinine Women banned from gynecological conference so that they don't accidentally menstruate on any important research  (theglobeandmail.com) (146)


Mon January 09, 2012
(Mother Nature Network) Spiffy Move over nuclear: Researchers in Japan triple the output of a standard wind turbine  (mnn.com) (69)


Sun January 08, 2012
(UPI) Strange Researchers say avian flu did not kill S. Korean ducks, but have not ruled out quack cocaine  (upi.com) (12)


Fri January 06, 2012
(UPI) Obvious Researchers take time out from trying to prove water is wet, fire hot, by discovering people prefer their dates to be attractive  (upi.com) (10)


Thu January 05, 2012
(io9) Interesting Researchers examine if dogs can really tell when people talk to them. Your dog wants to know how your day was  (io9.com) (82)


Mon January 02, 2012
(News.com.au) Strange Australian researcher gets test subjects to wear the same pair of jeans for three months straight without washing, a phenomenon we in the U.S. call "college"  (news.com.au) (67)


Fri December 30, 2011
(PhysOrg.com) Obvious Researchers deconstruct the physics of writing (capillary surface tension, viscosity, nib speed) with a fountain pen. Meanwhile, everyone under the age of 87 asks, "what the hell is a fountain pen?"  (physorg.com) (46)
(MSNBC) Silly Researchers say Supervolcanoes won't destroy Earth in 2012. Well, I wasn't worried until you put the idea in my head  (msnbc.msn.com) (66)


Thu December 29, 2011
(Daily Mail) Cool Researchers, who are clearly funded by the porn industry, create television that you can "reach into"  (dailymail.co.uk) (29)


Wed December 28, 2011
(Statesman) Followup Despite new guidelines, Texas research lab will continue experimenting on the state's residents  (statesman.com) (22)


Tue December 27, 2011
(Yahoo) Scary Researcher discovers exploit that could allow hackers to take over nearly any mobile phone and force it to make calls or send texts. Yes, your phone too, even if it DOES have a piece of fruit as a logo  (news.yahoo.com) (27)


Fri December 23, 2011
(New Zealand Herald) Unlikely "All about me" attitude fades at age 33, say researchers who have never met any baby boomers  (nzherald.co.nz) (30)


Thu December 22, 2011
(Fox News) Obvious Experts say high prices for low quality are keeping people from buying tickets at box office. Researchers still puzzled how Indianapolis Colts keep playing to a full house  (foxnews.com) (46)


Wed December 21, 2011
(UPI) Obvious Binge drinking is contagious, say researchers familiar with Fark gatherings  (upi.com) (44)
(Yahoo) Interesting Researchers have pinpoint the origin of the rocks used to build Stonehenge to a quarry nearly 100 miles away from the site; think that most of the workmen who delivered the stones didn't even know where they lived anymore  (news.yahoo.com) (28)
(PC Magazine) Stupid Blackberry maker Research in Motion (RIM) turned down a sale to Amazon this past summer, saying they can fix their own problems. Stock price 1 yr ago: $60 -- this summer: $30 -- today: $12  (pcmag.com) (59)


Tue December 20, 2011
(LA Times) Cool Chimpanzees are now feeling the crunch of changing times too, losing their medical research jobs to computers and new technology  (latimes.com) (34)


Sat December 17, 2011
(LA Times) Interesting (At least a major) reason Autism rates have shot up? Researchers now poring over decades-old cases are finding that old-time docs simply didn't recognize it, and instead used to essentially give diagnoses of "huh... f*ck if I know"  (latimes.com) (123)
(Live Science) Interesting Researchers find that if a '250 calorie' label doesn't stop you, a '50 minute jog' label just might  (livescience.com) (55)


Thu December 15, 2011
(MSNBC) Obvious Research finds most bar fights begin on the dance floor, most entertaining fights begin in the ladies' room  (vitals.msnbc.msn.com) (59)
(Daily Mail) Interesting China's new aircraft carrier goes to sea. But don't worry its just for 'research' purposes, like researching on how to take on a Nimitz Class  (dailymail.co.uk) (218)


Tue December 13, 2011
(Some Heisenborg) Spiffy Researchers may have created a quantum photonic chip  (tgdaily.com) (47)


Mon December 12, 2011
(LA Times) Asinine With $666,000 in federal research money, scientists examined whether distant prayer could heal AIDS. It could not  (latimes.com) (195)


Sat December 10, 2011
(Mirror.co.uk) Unlikely Researchers have discovered that alcohol is to blame for unsafe sex and I am shocked. SHOCKED  (mirror.co.uk) (41)


Fri December 09, 2011
(Telegraph) Interesting Researchers discover that rats display empathy, proving that rodents are more human than bankers and Farkers  (telegraph.co.uk) (50)


Thu December 08, 2011
(Daily Mail) Interesting Researchers race to record language of William the Conqueror before it dies out, suspect it was something like, "Hey, you over there, you're conquered"  (dailymail.co.uk) (40)


Sat December 03, 2011
(UPI) Cool Researchers find dye made from a symbiotic organism composed of a fungus with a photosynthetic partner may treat Alzheimer's. Subby is lichen this already  (upi.com) (13)
(UPI) Scary Violent video games alter brain function, claim researchers from the Institute of DON'T TOUCH ME OR I SWEAR TO GOD, YOU'RE A DEAD MAN  (upi.com) (71)


Thu December 01, 2011
(NYPost) Interesting For the first time in 40 years of Nielsen Research, the number of households with TV sets has dropped. Community was worse than we thought  (nypost.com) (77)
(Wired) Interesting Research has developed an algorithim to determine whether a car is about to run a red light. Yellow lights & increase of speed surprisingly absent  (wired.com) (17)


Wed November 30, 2011
(Some Guy) Dumbass Scientists who created doomsday flu virus in lab and want to share their results in a research paper are worried about a media firestorm. Gee, ya think?  (news.sciencemag.org) (104)
(Daily Mail) Interesting Researchers find ravens are the only species other than apes who can 'point' and share objects like humans - and some members of Congress  (dailymail.co.uk) (81)
(Google) Interesting Researchers design robot for brain surgery that's ten times more steady than human hands, is less likely to sneeze when the scalpel is next to the parietal lobe  (google.com) (5)
(ABC) Interesting Scientists identify "morning person" gene. Researchers tentatively call it Couric7AM  (abcnews.go.com) (72)


Tue November 29, 2011
(Uproxx) Obvious Anyone who can watch this video of pharmaceutical research dogs experiencing sunlight and grass for the first time and do it without producing tears is simply not human  (uproxx.com) (334)


Sat November 26, 2011
(BBC) Interesting With $20 of materials you can generate a plasma 10,000 times denser than a top of the line nuclear fusion research experiment  (bbc.co.uk) (48)


Fri November 25, 2011
(UPI) PSA Researchers warn shoppers to beware most germ-infested parts of mall, advise against licking the following: food court tables, ATM keypads, bathroom sinks, escalator handrails  (upi.com) (26)
(BBC) Weird Researchers are pretty sure they'll be able to control the race of cyborg insects they're creating  (bbc.co.uk) (19)


Wed November 23, 2011
(CBS News) Scary Researchers find that eating a can of soup a day can increase your BPA levels 1000%. Mmmm, mmmm, not good  (cbsnews.com) (86)


Tue November 22, 2011
(The Register) Interesting Startling proof that the internet makes you smarter. San Diego nixes plan to explode whale carcass, instead plans to truck it across town to research lab  (theregister.co.uk) (51)


Mon November 21, 2011
(Marketwatch) Interesting New research validates how foods affect genetic expression at the cellular level. Unfortunately, this isn't very good news for people with mozzarella blood type  (marketwatch.com) (17)


Fri November 18, 2011
(USA Today) Scary Research finds blood type affects risk of stroke. Most in danger are people whose blood type is either AB, B or Slurpee  (yourlife.usatoday.com) (12)


Thu November 17, 2011
(PCWorld) Sad Cool: researchers have made serious advances in smartphone battery technology that should give us a week between recharges. Sad: It's still 3-5 years away from production  (pcworld.com) (61)


Wed November 16, 2011
(The Local (Germany)) Interesting Researchers develop early Alzheimer's detection method via nose exam. Also, scientists can find out if you have Alzheimer's by checking your nose  (thelocal.de) (12)
(BBC) Interesting The Large Hadron Collider's 'new physics' experiment could show why the universe is made of matter, rather than anti-matter. Physicists awaiting confirmation from researchers at Wossamotta U  (bbc.co.uk) (51)


Mon November 14, 2011
(UPI) Interesting Researchers find sleep paralysis is more frequent in students -- which is no surprise to anyone who has ever taught a class of teenagers  (upi.com) (70)


Sun November 13, 2011
(MSNBC) Sad Evelyn Lauder, who created the pink breast cancer awareness ribbon and raised $330 million for research, dies of ovarian cancer. I has a sad  (msnbc.msn.com) (151)
(MSNBC) Obvious Researchers discover hypnosis is a fundamentally different mental state than normal consciousneALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD  (bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com) (23)


Fri November 11, 2011
(The New York Times) Interesting Researchers in Britain to build 1830s Babbage Analytical Engine to answer the question: Did an eccentric mathematician named Charles Babbage conceive the first programmable computer?  (nytimes.com) (72)
(Daily Express) Cool Scottish researchers announce breakthrough in battle against skin cancer. Brits will finally be allowed out in the sun again, although it will be sad to see them lose the white glow they've refined over the centuries  (express.co.uk) (15)


Thu November 10, 2011
(Business News Daily) Obvious Researchers prove looks matter when it comes to finding a job...stupidity is okay, though  (businessnewsdaily.com) (33)
(Popular Science) Interesting Japanese researchers create pituitary gland from scratch in the lab; promptly bread it and fry it, serve with maguro and ikura in salmon skin handroll  (popsci.com) (33)


Wed November 09, 2011
(Science Daily) Obvious Study uncovers physiological nature of disgust in politics. I'm guessing that the researchers turned on Fox News by accident  (sciencedaily.com) (7)
(UPI) Interesting Researchers find old-fashioned leather football helmets were as effective as - sometimes better than - current models  (upi.com) (60)


Tue November 08, 2011
(Some Guy) Obvious UFO researchers downgrade Colombian UFO from "contact with extraterrestrial civilizations" to "really cool kite"  (colombiareports.com) (10)


Mon November 07, 2011
(Canada.com) Obvious Researchers discover that if you choose to friend them on Facebook, they can see your personal information  (canada.com) (7)


Sat November 05, 2011
(ABC) Interesting Researchers find certain wine improves metabolism in obese men. Doctors say it's really a case of syrah, syrah  (abcnews.go.com) (32)


Fri November 04, 2011
(Washington Post) Sad College students rely on Yahoo Answers for research, which explains why so many term papers address "How is babby formed?"  (washingtonpost.com) (213)


Thu November 03, 2011
(UPI) Interesting Researchers find the wider the range of bacteria babies are exposed to, the less likely they will develop allergies -- suggest diets supplemented with dirt  (upi.com) (91)


Wed November 02, 2011
(Labspaces.net) Scary Researchers find that the fetus-frightening room frightens the fetus  (labspaces.net) (23)


Tue November 01, 2011
(Medical Express) Interesting Two independent research groups fi- *kill everybody* that there are three areas of the human genome wh- *kill everybody* responsible for schizophrenia  (medicalxpress.com) (16)
(BBC) Amusing Pete Townshend takes time out from 'researching' child porn to blast Apple as vampires  (bbc.co.uk) (52)


Mon October 31, 2011
(Smack Research Team) Interesting Researchers identify protein in nerve cells that triggers painful withdrawal symptoms. In a related story, opium den stocks are up in early trading  (asianscientist.com) (11)


Sat October 29, 2011
(Discover) Silly What do you do for a living? Researcher. What do you research? Bug genitalia   (blogs.discovermagazine.com) (32)


Thu October 27, 2011
(Some Guy) Dumbass If you're going to display a pro-atheist billboard with a quote from Thomas Jefferson, first make sure Jefferson actually said the quote. "I should have done the research before I put my billboard up"  (ocregister.com) (299)


Tue October 25, 2011
(Yahoo) Obvious Hopefully you already knew this, but researchers say that licking the pump handle at your local Gas-n-Go might not be a very smart idea  (news.yahoo.com) (65)


Mon October 24, 2011
(Some Guy) Spiffy PhD student at University of Illinois makes major leap in weapons research. For Iran  (kevinkarsch.com) (14)


Sun October 23, 2011
(Live Science) Interesting Researchers find that, uh, psychopath's erm, speech patterns can, um, uh, give them away, uh, subconsciously, and all  (livescience.com) (166)


Sat October 22, 2011
(Pew Pew Pew) Interesting Exactly how liberal is the liberal media? Based on the Pew Research Center's study of presidential election coverage so far in the 2012 race... it is 9% liberal. Must be another liberal media conspiracy  (journalism.org) (175)


Fri October 21, 2011
(Science Daily) Weird Researchers turn viruses into "molecular Legos." Believe me, you don't want to step barefoot on those, either  (sciencedaily.com) (16)
(UPI) Obvious Research finds those who tell themselves they've done a good job when they haven't may end up depressed -- or in a position of management  (upi.com) (24)


Wed October 19, 2011
(Guardian) Weird Researcher: It's impossible to tell whether or not some people's brains are hard-wired for social networking. Also admits Darwin would likely unfriend him over this crap if he were alive  (guardian.co.uk) (9)


Tue October 18, 2011
(News.com.au) Hero Researchers have an answer to the water crisis: BEER  (news.com.au) (20)
(UPI) Interesting Brigham Young researchers find link between media profanity and teen violence, wag fingers sternly  (upi.com) (56)


Mon October 17, 2011
(PhysOrg.com) Amusing New study by a spunky team of researchers offers insight into the storage of animal sperm. Brought to you by Siemens  (physorg.com) (4)
(UPI) Interesting Researcher claims big tail muscle made dinosaur both speedy and bootilicious  (upi.com) (31)

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