NPR: I'll Be Kicking Off Early in the Name of Science

I'll Be Kicking Off Early in the Name of Science

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After a hard day toiling in the blog-field, I was happy to finally find something useful. Researchers in Canada (naturally) are studying the physics of beer bubbles. Maybe I'm already too tipsy, but I can't understand any of the calculations. The scientists, however, say that by measuring "multiply scattered acoustic waves" in beer, they may someday be able to predict volcanic eruptions and monitor the structural health of bridges.

Or at least that's what they tell their lab assistant when they send him for another case of Molson's.

There's a Nobel Prize waiting if the team can just confirm the existence of the elusive deliciousness particle. Time to build that beer accelerator. Prost!

- Robert Smith

5:46 PM ET | 08- 6-2007 | permalink

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It's about time those Canadians do something useful...

Sent by Dave | 8:11 PM ET | 08-06-2007

Do they need human guiness pigs? I'm available. Well, once I get out of this drunk tank I will be anyway. I've been doing decades-long research of my own, studying Beer Fusion techniques (the process of fusing beer molecules and stomach acids in a fleshy, portable inebriation accelerator unit)but at this point further research is needed to provide a satisfactory result. burp.

Sent by Samuel Adams | 2:47 PM ET | 08-07-2007

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