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February 07, 2008
SMELL THIS!
A startup Massachusetts dating service has the usual questionnaires about likes and dislikes, but bases compatibility specifically on how one person smells to another (straights and gays accommodated). Eric Holzle's ScientificMatch.com tests each person"major histocompatibility complex" (MHC) genes, the science behind which dictates how one person will translate the scent of another, with similar-processing people less compatible. In one famous study, women preferred the smell of T-shirts from men whose MHC was the most different from their own. Holzle predicts a higher success rate than for ordinary dating agencies
BRIGHT IDEAS
Michael Windisch, proprietor of the Maltermeister Turm restaurant in Goslar, Lower Saxony, Germany, solved what has become a crisis for other restaurants since the state extended a smoking ban in August. Windisch opened three holes in an outer wall so that, in cold weather, a smoker need not venture outside but can stick his head and arms through the holes and puff away while remaining inside, according to a December report in Der Spiegel.
THE CONTINUING CRISIS
In December, the city of Bangalore, India, staged its fifth annual marathon, with an elite group of runners officials thought would bring the city recognition in the world racing community, but problems occurred, the least of which were the city's ubiquitous potholes and pollution. At about the 20 km mark, the leaders were chased down the street by barking dogs snapping at their heels. Twice during the race, runners were forced to stop and take breaks because impatient motorists were disregarding traffic controls to reclaim their roads.
NOXIOUS SUBSTANCES
State and federal authorities descended on Quality Pork Processors of Austin, Minn., in December after 11 workers contracted a mysterious neurological illness, which apparently came from inhaling the mist that results from blowing hogs' brains out with compressed air.
GREAT MOMENTS IN MATURITY
John Hayes, 46, a Marietta, Ga., middle school coach, was arrested in December and charged as the person who drove a group of his students around at night so they could vandalize various Christmas yard decorations—in one case, leaving reindeer entangled in "sexual positions." A neighbor whose display was wrecked pursued Hayes' truck, caught up to him, and asked, "Are you crazy?" Hayes responded, allegedly, "It's just a bit of fun."
THE WEIRDO-AMERICAN COMMUNITY
Authorities in Valentine, Neb., have been on the lookout since November for the vandal who has approached several storefronts at night and, apparently with Vaseline smeared over his nude body, pressed himself against windows and doors. A radio station called the person "the buttcheek bandit," although some speculate there may also be a copycat. Asked Valentine police chief Ben McBride, "Who in their right mind would do something like that?"
LEAST COMPETENT CRIMINALS
A 26-year-old accused shoplifter was hospitalized in Grand Rapids, Mich., in January after he got into a scuffle with a department store security officer. He had allegedly stuffed some knives under his clothes, and when he was knocked to the ground, he accidentally fell on several of the blades. MTW
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