R.I.P. Mr. Miyagi San

Noriyuki 'Pat' Morita waxes off into the sunset. His spirit lives on in every nine-year-old boy attempting to perform the crane technique.

In cheerier news, the Ig Nobel Prizes were announced a while ago. These prizes were founded to honor scientific research that I wish I was involved in. Highlights include:

The invention of Neuticles.

Determining whether people swim faster in water or syrup.

And my personal favorite, a detailed study of the pressures produced when penguins poop.