"Sword Swallowing and Its Side Effects."

studying how sheets become wrinkled

Wrinkling of an Elastic Sheet Under Tension

doing a census of all the mites, insects, spiders, pseudoscorpions, crustaceans, bacteria, algae, ferns and fungi with whom we share our beds each night

for showing that rats sometimes cannot tell the difference between a person speaking Japanese backwards and a person speaking Dutch backwards

for her study of the word "the" -- and of the many ways it causes problems for anyone who tries to put things into alphabetical order

for instigating research & development on a chemical weapon -- the so-called "gay bomb" -- that will make enemy soldiers become sexually irresistible to each other

for exploring the seemingly boundless appetites of human beings, by feeding them with a self-refilling, bottomless bowl of soup

discovery that Viagra aids jetlag recovery in hamsters

for exploring and explaining why woodpeckers don't get headaches

showing that dung beetles are finicky eaters