Fun Things You've Found Whilst Researching

[Cash67]

Alright I was suggested to put this topic here, if I don't do it now I'm gonna forget. 

Guidelines:

• This is a place for you to rant about reserach. Be it professionally, for a school project, for fun, you name it! If you find anything fun/funny that you want to share while you are having to learn about a topic, this is the place to talk about it. 
• CITE THY SOURCES, even if it is just "I found this at [INSERT LINK HERE]
• Other than that, just follow the Shard's guidelines

Anyway, I'll start. One research paper in condensed matter I found referenced The Rolling Stones:

...and they sourced it in the footnotes! Found it entertaining. 

Full paper: 2020_Review_New materials physics.pdf

Edited June 5, 2024 by Cash67

[Quantus he/him]

Atomic weapons were invented in the early 1940's.  Compound Bows were invented in the late 1960's.

Not a really pertintent to anything specific but I always come back to this fact whenever we try to anticipate technological progressions on fantasy worlds.  

[Throw TheLiving Silverware he/him/il/lui]

4 hours ago, Cash67 said:

Alright I was suggested to put this topic here, if I don't do it now I'm gonna forget. 

Guidelines:

• This is a place for you to rant about reserach. Be it professionally, for a school project, for fun, you name it! If you find anything fun/funny that you want to share while you are having to learn about a topic, this is the place to talk about it. 
• CITE THY SOURCES, even if it is just "I found this at [INSERT LINK HERE]
• Other than that, just follow the Shard's guidelines

Anyway, I'll start. One research paper in condensed matter I found referenced The Rolling Stones:

...and they sourced it in the footnotes! Found it entertaining. 

Full paper: 2020_Review_New materials physics.pdf

I don't know if you noticed, but the paragraph right that after opens on a Beatles quote. (sadly not cited as a source this time)

[Cash67]

oh, believe me, I noticed. This paper uses some of the best language I’ve seen published.

Also, that paper ain’t bad for anyone who wants to know what I actually do for research. It’s a really good and accessible summary.

[The Bookwyrm he/him]

This is one of my favorite papers.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1311997/

It's very relevant across a wide number of fields; I cited it in my light pollution study and my hot jupiter study, and I think it's also cited by a published biochemistry paper.

[Cash67]

Alright another thing i found. We have an author credited only as: "14 high school students"

Are they a hive mind? Did they all write a singular letter? The mystery, the suspense!