https://instsci.org/ Completely open access satirical scientific journal. We’ll publish anything! en-us https://instsci.org/ https://instsci.org/images/logo_text.png 500 250 Tue, 31 May 2016 16:00:00 GMT https://instsci.org/vol3/h3.html The results are actually pretty surprising, just like everything else about the 2016 US Presidential election thus far. editor.pnis@gmail.com Tue, 17 May 2016 16:00:00 GMT https://instsci.org/scinews/vol3/cheese_stuffed_journals.html Initially, stockholders were wary of potential increased publication costs from inserting cheese into journals. However, these fears were put to rest when Wiley-Blackwell decided that the costs of the cheese would be passed on to authors, much like the majority of publication costs. editor.pnis@gmail.com Thu, 5 May 2016 16:00:00 GMT https://instsci.org/scinews/vol3/non_normal_dataset.html In the lawsuit, the dataset accuses Breyer of preventing it from partaking in several statistical tests, including an Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and a multiple linear regression. editor.pnis@gmail.com Mon, 25 Apr 2016 16:00:00 GMT https://instsci.org/vol3/h2.html We revisit our study from two years ago and see if U.S. President Barack Obama really did reach 100% Morgan Freeman Hair. Plus, an Epilogue analyzing a strong possible cause for Obama's graying. editor.pnis@gmail.com Thu, 21 Apr 2016 16:00:00 GMT https://instsci.org/scinews/vol3/rogue_astronomer.html This is not the astronomer's first spar with naming conventions. In 2010, he attempted to name a new comet he discovered in January as ‘2010 P1/Latimer’, in order to honor his late grandmother Pattie, and, in 2011, he named a new minor planet, ‘32334 Mr. Wigglesworth III’ to honor his pet cat. Both names were ultimately rejected. editor.pnis@gmail.com Thu, 7 Apr 2016 16:00:00 GMT https://instsci.org/scinews/vol3/bird_poll.html The annual poll, which began approximately 100 million years ago according to fossil records, found that 51% of bird species believes they were better off being dinosaurs, while 43% are happy with the decision to become birds. editor.pnis@gmail.com Thu, 31 Mar 2016 16:00:00 GMT https://instsci.org/vol3/s1.html Move over Richard Lenski, there's a new long-term evolution study in town. editor.pnis@gmail.com Wed, 23 Mar 2016 16:00:00 GMT https://instsci.org/scinews/vol3/grad_students_dependents.html “Graduate students can be a source of both financial and mental stress on professors,” said current IRS Commissioner John Koskinen in a statement. “Today, the IRS has taken important steps to reduce this great tax burden on our nation’s highest educators.” editor.pnis@gmail.com Tue, 15 Mar 2016 16:00:00 GMT https://instsci.org/scinews/vol3/junk_DNA_excision.html Side effects include light-headedness, dry mouth, increased mitosis rates, and death. editor.pnis@gmail.com Wed, 9 Mar 2016 16:00:00 GMT https://instsci.org/Maps/ricksteves.html There is a 16.7% chance that the episode of Rick Steves' Europe you are currently watching is about Italy. editor.pnis@gmail.com Thu, 3 Mar 2016 16:00:00 GMT https://instsci.org/scinews/vol3/scratch_n_sniff.html Allegedly, children began to get sick after scratching and sniffing the scratch pads of certain elements such as Uranium, Fluorine, and Rubidium. editor.pnis@gmail.com Wed, 25 Feb 2016 16:00:00 GMT https://instsci.org/scinews/vol3/gifts_as_grants.html Thus far, the postdoc has received the Lucky Chance Seed Grant, an Arts and Science Interdisciplinary Travel Grant, and The Young Brah Investigators Award editor.pnis@gmail.com Thu, 18 Feb 2015 16:00:00 GMT https://instsci.org/vol3/e1.html We cannot think of a better presidential candidate for a fake scientific journal to endorse than Donald Trump. editor.pnis@gmail.com Thu, 11 Feb 2016 16:00:00 GMT https://instsci.org/scinews/vol3/elsevier_valentines_day.html “Conventionally, the types of gifts given on Valentine’s Day are items that are ordinarily free or very inexpensive, like flowers, a massage, or a private dinner,” said Thomas Reller, Vice President of Global Corporate Relations at Elsevier. “Thus, we feel that the gift of access to a journal article fits in quite nicely with those traditional Valentine’s Day gifts.” editor.pnis@gmail.com Thu, 4 Feb 2016 16:00:00 GMT https://instsci.org/vol3/h1.html Impress friends at your Super Bowl Party with this fact: the team whose mascot has the higher genome size (as measured by c-value) has won over 70% of all the Super Bowls. editor.pnis@gmail.com Mon, 1 Feb 2016 16:00:00 GMT https://instsci.org/scinews/vol3/top_secret_climate_meeting.html “We were very pleased with the progress of this summit,” said Hoesung Lee, chief organizer of the meeting and chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). “The agreements reached in these meetings ensure that the myth of climate change will continue to be a rich source of funding for most of the world’s scientists.” editor.pnis@gmail.com Wed, 27 Jan 2016 16:00:00 GMT https://instsci.org/scinews/vol3/astrobiology.html “Unless we discover at least two more planets with living organisms, finding this statistical test is the only way we can move forward with astrobiology research,” Pilcher said in a statement earlier today. editor.pnis@gmail.com Fri, 22 Jan 2016 16:00:00 GMT https://instsci.org/Maps/nonnative.html Introducing PNIS-MAPSS (Markings Allegedly Portraying Spatial Stuff)! Our first entry: How many states have official State Symbols that are actually non-native species? editor.pnis@gmail.com Mon, 18 Jan 2016 16:00:00 GMT https://instsci.org/scinews/vol3/breaking_syllabus.html The university is currently in lockdown and an Associate Professor is in serious condition suffering from shock. PNIS will update this breaking news story as more details come in. editor.pnis@gmail.com