I have long, natural straight red hair and I was never bullied for it in school. In fact I'm frequently stopped by strangers and told how nice my hair is and how much women would like to have my hair colour. My partner's mother has red hair too, and he has a bit of red in his beard so I suspect there's a very good chance any children I have will be redheads (like the Weasleys). I'm not bothered by ranga and ginger jokes, but it's a little sad to hear that some people wouldn't want to have a redheaded child :(

@AaromA1C, you're referring to punctuated equilibrium.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punctuated_equilibrium

Nightingale's graphs have been criticised for the misleading use of "area" to represent mortality rates. The result is that the representation of mortality rates from infection although huge, where somewhat exaggerated.

http://dd.dynamicdiagrams.com/2008/01/nightingales-rose/

The purpose of this is to indice a non-Duchenne smile, which according to the facial feedback hypothesis can positively affect one's mood.

A paper by Strack, Martin, and Stepper (1988) showed that people who were instructed to placed a pencil in their mouth so that their lips didn't touch the pencil enjoyed cartoons more than individuals who didn't. This effect has been replicated many times in various forms.

By the way, my comment is directed at the author of the article, although the author of this post could have done better than to select that particular excerpt.

Let's hope this is just the prototype.

So let me get this straight:
There were only 16 patients in this pilot study, only 6 of whom were allocated to the conventional treatment control group - so no blinding, and no placebo control.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2001-09/bsj-lrt091301.php

If you're going to cite studies to support your claims, at least make the effort to cite better studies - and there are better although still methodologically flawed studies out there on the efficacy of leeches to treat osteoarthritis.

On the 10th anniversary of 9/11, I flew on a domestic flight in Australia and wasn't even asked for ID at any point at the airport.

Another motive of these regulations is to project a good image of the school. I went to a Catholic girls' school and they strictly enforced their uniform policy. The senior uniform had skirts/kilts that went down to mid-calf. Our diary also stated that we weren't allowed to sit on the ground or eat in public if we were wearing our uniforms o_O

Why do the researchers assume that seeing a happy face is much of a reward? They should have really used money.

Reminds me of this article:
http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/brand-loyalty/

@Ryan S, nobody really wears the noses. Most people give them to their children or choose to buy pens or other stationary they sell.

We also have bandaged bear (those little bears that clip onto things) day for the childrens' hospitals, and daffodil day for cancer research, but none of those things really have anything to do with the cause they are raising money for either.

...oh and it's also to raise money to educate parents on minimising the risk of SIDS, and to provide free bereavement services to families affected by SIDS.

In Australia we have red nose day every year, which is to raise money for SIDS research. Volunteers sell red noses, pens, and other nick nacks. Nobody really wears the noses, but some people buy large plastic red noses to put on their cars.

Where is Sydney? I go to university about 30Km from where I live and yet it takes me nearly 2 hours to get there in rush hour traffic.