asimplechord: (wtf)
asimplechord ([personal profile] asimplechord) wrote2007-07-11 06:14 pm

we win at science today

I probably shouldn't get excited until I know it's reproducible.

BUT I JUST GOT A RESULT THAT DESERVES A HAPPY DANCE.

And there is no one here to share it with me. Because the grad students in my department are slackers. Even The Chief is gone for the day.





And just because I can't believe this earned an article in NEJM, have you seen that wearing personal stereo earphones in a thunderstorm can conduct the lightning into the head? Perhaps one should not be out walking in the middle of an electrical storm. Just, you know, a thought.

Here is the NEJM article, although I don't know if anyone without a subscription (personal or institutional) can access it.

[identity profile] angela-snape.livejournal.com 2007-07-11 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Congratulations!

I'll share your happy dance...



BTW, with the thunderstorm thing - today, in Ottawa, 5 teens were injured when the tree they were standing beside was struck by lightning. Don't they teach us to stay away from trees in a thunderstorm?

Can you tell I couldn't decide which icon was most appropriate??