Boobquake! In mid-April, senior Iranian cleric Ayatollah Kazem Sedighi issued a warning that recent earthquakes in Haiti, Chile, and elsewhere were caused by women’s loose sex and immodest dress. Immediately, […]
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The Straight Dope by Cecil Adams, crossword by Matt Jones, News of The Weird
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Can loud rock ‘n’ roll cook eggs?
I looked up rock music’s effect on the brain and found this: “Bob Larson, a Christian minister and former rock musician, remembers that in the 70s teens would bring raw […]
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Shopping voyeurism
Lead Story Blair Fowler, 16, delights her frenzied fans as a “haul queen,” inspirationally “shopping for glory” by smartly tearing through stores and then displaying and expertly describing her purchases […]
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Lie detectors aren’t completely worthless
What’s the effectiveness of a polygraph? Police still use them, the feds still screen applicants using polygraphs, but the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled them invalid. Surely they can’t tell […]
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Ramen blogging!
Lead Story Computer hardware engineer Toshio Yamamoto, 49, this year celebrates 15 years’ work tasting and cataloguing all the Japanese ramen (instant noodles) he can get his hands on (including […]
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Epic GPS Fail
Is it true our GPS satellites are deteriorating and there’s no good fix? -Imtazman1963 Pretty much. Frightening, isn’t it? We’ll have to go back to using maps. For most of […]
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Aztec sports update
Lead Story A new sports center in Mexico City will be devoted to the revival of ancient Aztec- and Mayan-created games that are rarely played in Mexico because they are […]
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How much can a white roof help reflect heat?
I ran across your 1984 Straight Dope column about whether water freezes or boils in outer space. (You said it boils, then freezes.) You mentioned that polished aluminum in space […]