More Foolishness

Someday, perhaps even later today, I will again post an actual, serious, content-ful post.

For now though, there remain April Fools' hoaxes to catch up on:
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1. Nature sounds the alarm about Earth bacteria that are eroding the moon!

2. Witness the discovery of a mutated computer virus capable of infecting humans! Called... Malwarlaria.B

* It is worth explaining that the name of the spokesperson, Avril Poisson, derives from the French name for April Fools. Apparently schoolchildren go around taping signs on each other's backs and shout Avril Poisson (literally, April fish-- who knows why?).

3. And a Climatology blog which doubts the advent of spring-- indeed, the existence of seasonality itself!

An excerpt:

"In a new novel, State of Euphoria, bestselling author Michael Crikey uncovers major flaws in this theory and warns against false hopes for the arrival of spring.

This is not merely fiction: Crikey underpins his thesis with numerous scientific diagrams. He presents measurements from over a dozen weather stations in the Northern Hemisphere where temperatures show a cooling trend in March. He further cites scientific results which show that in some places, snow and ice have increased in the past weeks, counter to climatologists' claims that they should be melting away in the spring sun. He further argues that even the average temperature of the Northern Hemisphere has not increased steadily; during one week of March, it showed a slight cooling despite the increase in solar radiation."

Further, it points out, even our best models can't accurately predict the weather in two weeks' time-- so how can we possibly make any definite statements about temperature ranges two months into the future?"


4. And if you're realllllllllly desperate for procrastination, there's always Museum of Hoaxes Top 100 April Fool's Day Hoaxes of All Time [Great list, but quite long!]