So nobody seems too interested in Science – even when it's weird science.

Maybe some more general subjects would be more stimulating.

THE TOP 10 MOST PECULIAR STORIES OF 2007 (according to MSNBC)

The envelope, please:
1: And the winner, with a 52 percent vote, is: Shot duck survives 2 days in refrigerator
2: Coming in second, with a 36 percent score: Potty mouth! Woman cited for cursing at toilet
3: Bad language is always a favorite, and then there is plain wackiness (in this case, at 36 percent): Wheelchair user taken on wild 50-mph ride
4: At 35 percent, a story that made headlines everywhere: Judge: Cleaner owes me $65 million for pants
5: And at just under 35 percent, one we wish had not: Man gets probation for dead deer sex
6: At 34 percent, proof that death and sex make headlines (especially when they are together): Naked pair falls from rooftop to their deaths
7: At 33 percent, this story has "ouch" written all over it: Elephants electrocuted in drunken rampage
8: And, at 32 percent, another animal-induced "ouch": Beheaded rattlesnake sends man to hospital
9: At just under 32 percent, another animal gem: Man brings donkey to testify on its own behalf
10: And, at 31 percent, a medical mystery solved: Headache mystery solved by a bullet

A more complete listing of the "contenders" is at:
Weird News of 2007

Rampaging Santas Strike Again in NZ
Man impersonates CIA agent in scam
Scientists inscribe Bible on pinhead
Man gives $3,100 to Salvation Army
Jesus statue gets GPS for Christmas
Garbage Grinch makes off with tips
Man pays for truck with loose change
Man nails Santa to cross in protest
Booze-filled candy gets girl suspended
Man dies from shooting — 12 years later
Santa suffers concussion, broken nose
Red Sox closer says dog ate World Series ball
Judge allows inmate to marry in court
'Don't tase me, bro!' is year's top quote
Man fired for 'Dilbert' strip wins lawsuit
The Bride Wore White, 2-Ply Toilet Paper
Court says baby can't be named 'Friday'
Woman accused of groping Santa
Christmas thieves return roughed-up goods
Santa's chopper shot up over Rio slum
Itsy-bitsy pink bikini gets serviceman jail
Deer invades Michigan home
Ohio jail gets pink makeover
'Tigger' socks cost school $95,000
Woman charged with having 10 husbands
Canada probes nasty Santa letters
Canadian man racks up $85,000 cell phone bill
Guns N' Roses karaoke scares teacher
Holiday card arrives 93 years later
Tow truck driver tries to tow cruiser
Artist donates pickled cow, calf to Tate gallery
Inventor powers Christmas tree with eel
Gallery exhibits slabs of human poo

If that's not enough to provide something to talk about, there's:

More Animal Weirdness
More Criminal Weirdness
More Vehicular Weirdness
Archive: More U.S. weird news
Archive: More world weird news


There might also be some interest in a slide show of the Pictures from Guiness' Book of Records for 2007

(WARNING: a couple of the Guiness pictures are a bit gross.)

John