Peculiar Periodicals
It turns out there are even more unlikely publications than The Journal of Unlikely Science. Every Thursday, our very own Dr Steer turns his attention to another weird science journal.
This week: VIRTUAL JOURNAL OF ULTRAFAST SCIENCE
| Name – Damn! What a name. These scientists don't live fast and die young, they live ultrafast, dodging Death's bony fingers leaving him grasping at their virtual coat-tails. |  |
) "click to enlarge") Front cover – It's a virtual journal, so there's no paper copy for a cover to cover. But going by their logo, this is probably a good thing. Rubbish. |
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| Off-the-wallness – They don't care what it is, as long as it's quicker than a speeding cheetah they'll publish it. Milliseconds? No thanks mate. If it's not measured in femtoseconds you can sling your hook. |  |
| Usefulness – With research papers titled "A new method for generating ultraintense and ultrashort laser pulses" how could every wannabe James Bond not be crying out for access? This is where Q would publish his research. |  |
| Impressiveness – How can you not be impressed? Not only at we dealing with stuff in picoseconds (0.000000000001 seconds) but the word 'ultra' is used with gay abandon. This is boyztoyz sciene and no mistake. (Incidentally, an adult mayfly lives for around 29 quintillion picoseconds or 8 hours.) | |
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| Overall – Has got me pinging around the office like an overexcited 28-year-old. |  |
Impact factor: Massive. And you won't even see it coming.Find more Peculiar Periodicals
The Null's other regular features:
Monday: Phunny Phobias
Tuesday: Strange Scientific Names
Wednesday: Doctor Doctor
Thursday: Peculiar Periodicals
Friday: End of the Week Timewasters
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