Fun Things (sort of related to my research)

Here is a collection of odds and ends that make me (fondly) think of my research.

Flight of the Conchords 'Hurt Feelings'

I was particularly pleased to realise that Flight of the Conchords had written a particularly relevant song for my thesis.

Flight of the Conchords 'Hurt Feelings'


Xkcd.com: 'Jealousy' et al.

A comic about jealousy from one of my favourite sites, xkcd.

http://xkcd.com/420/

And a few others about hurt feelings and relationships:

http://xkcd.com/175/

http://xkcd.com/106/

http://xkcd.com/539/


Hurt feelings research in the news

There have been a number of news articles in the past few years focusing on the link between social and physical pain. Here are a few of my favourites.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/6049700/Why-a-broken-heart-really-does-hurt.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7587780.stm

http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2008/aug/31/hurt_feelings_are_hard_heal52649/


The brilliant and scarily accurate PhD comics by Jorge Cham

For those of you doing or considering doing a PhD, have a look at this hilarious comic:

http://www.phdcomics.com/


The preservation of favoured traces: the writing of the On the Origin of the Species

A beautifully illustrated demonstration of the changes in Darwin's 'On the Origin of the Species' from the first to the sixth editions.

http://benfry.com/traces/