Nerdy Science Blog

Do you have an imaginary friend?

The imaginary friends a child dreams up, naughty or nice, are good to have around. They have emotional, social, and cognitive benefits, and they help prepare children for real life, scientists say.

—— LiveScience.com: Imaginary Friends and Enemies All Good, Scientist Say

I did not have imaginary friend, but I did have imaginary monster and I myself playing a very powerful role to defeat those monsters. By the way, I had my imaginary friends when I’m bored in the lab, they are my gloves.

I am quite happy and relieved that neither my teachers nor my parents try to kill my imagination, but I felt sorry for those who said “but the book/teacher/dad/mom/postman said that…”.

Any idea what body farm is?

A body farm is actually a place used for the study of forensic anthropology, where research of human’s body decomposition and relevant stages of insect development is carried out.

Bodies are exposed in a number of ways in order to study the decomposition of bodies in various conditions, i.e., bodies left in the open, get buried in different condition, left in the car trunks and etc.

The original “Body Farm” is located at Tennessee, belongs to University of Anthropology Facility. It was founded by anthropology Dr. William M. Bass in 1971.

For more information, you can visit Forensic Anthropology Center in University of Tennessee.

(in rush, to be refine…)