July/August 2009
Suffering from summer boredom? Siblings a pain in the neck? This month's Muse has a placebo to fix you up—at least if you think it will! We've also got spiderwebs to catch your summer pests, and all kinds of funny-looking computers for some bytes that won't itch.
We're off to band camp in this month's Muserology. How's yours coming along?
Finally, we've got some Pretty Gross contest winners for you, and a new contest for all the crazy pranks you've been playing. We bet even Kokopelli could learn a thing or two from you!
Research Lab
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Studies In Human Behavior: Experiment A
EXPERIMENT: Otherwise known as "short-sheeting a bed."
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The Computer History Museum
WEB SITE: Want to see more crazy computers?
Kokonino County
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Computers
TOWN HALL DISCUSSION: Computer technology has come a long way. Where do you think it's going next?
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Confessions of a Bando
MUSEROLOGY: Alyssa Myerly was terrified on her first day of band camp. Find out whether her fears were justified.
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Kokopelli's Favorite Prank
CONTEST: Describe your favorite prank.
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Placebo and Nocebo
TOWN HALL DISCUSSION: Believing in medicines can make them more effective. But does that make it OK for doctors to lie to their patients?