Thursday, May 4, 2017

When the Science Headline Can't Help Being Funny - Science

No point in waiting around for this one as you've just got to see the headline.

RT:  Whiff of rosemary helps you score better in exams


Dirty-minded ladies and gentlemen, let the punchlines begin although, to uphold the decorous nature of Ithaka, of course I will fuckin' refrain.



© Global Look Press

This is Rosemary and, frankly, the Rockhouse is disappointed.  I (sob) got clickbaited again.


With exam season fast approaching for many students worldwide, British researchers have a new tip for those in need of a little extra boost – a sniff of rosemary could help stressed out bookworms grappling with long hours of study.

Usually left gathering dust in cupboards the world over until it’s time to season the Thanksgiving or Christmas turkey, researchers now believe that the rosemary herb may have significant memory boosting properties.

A study of 40 children, by Northumbria University academics, showed that 10 and 11-year-old pupils working in a room that had been sprayed with rosemary oil scored 5-7 percent better in memory tests than their non-herb smelling counterparts.

- RT

The Rockhouse estimation is vanishingly small for any chance of widespread treatments with smelling Rosemary before tests.

However, we do see some potential comedy in that lot which gets off on taking brain enhancer drugs such as Adderall, etc.  For the record, Adderall is just another marketing tactic for speed.

Adderall is a combination drug containing salts of the two enantiomers of amphetamine, a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant of the phenethylamine class.

WIKI:  Adderall

In the Sixties, we said Speed Kills ... but I guess Millennials never heard that since they got their news from psychiatrists.

Ed:  much better to sniff Rosemary!

Sure, if you can find her.  Good luck.

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