I don't know if this will be a monthly feature around here or not, but via Everyday Scientist I found this:
From
Schollhorn C, Fuller AM, Gratier J, Hummel RE. 2007. Developments on standoff detection of explosive materials by differential reflectometry. Applied Optics 46: 6232-6236.
Yes, it's a figure in a real paper in a real journal. My guess is this is the result of a bet, probably undertaken after consumption of alcohol at the campus pub.
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I just found a new way of adding figures for my committee reports.
Thanks Brummell!
very funny! and very politically correct too! no chance of showing a resemblance to any particular ethnicity.
I hadn't thought of that until you pointed it out, Suvrat, but it's very true - no profiling happening here!
My favourite part about this figure, besides the glaring fact that it's a stick-figure in a scientific paper (the other figures are the usual run of obscure graphs), is the happy smile. This technology must be great, look at how happy the person is!
Well you should also check out this paper then, brummell
here
That abstract looks interesting, Langmann, but where's the paper?
PubMed will be the subject of a rant one of these days.
No kidding, has pubmed got worse or is it just me?
Here's a link to that spectacular paper: here
Thanks, Langmann. I didn't find any strikingly funny figures there (just two chest-X-rays, without showing any rectally-inserted foreign bodies).
However, this part amused me:
Waraich et al. 2007 said: Digital rectal examination revealed severe tenderness in the pelvis along with some dark brown coloured matter on the examining finger.
They report this as if it's surprising. But, kudos to them for maintaining strict objectivity throughout.
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