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. 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 newsThere have been a number of news articles recently focussing 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.htmlhttp://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. |

