The money for scientific research is there, it’s just being wasted on the ridiculous. Harper’s Magazine publishes a full page list of scientific findings in each issue. These are some from the current issue: – Biologists found that short-nosed fruit bats spend more time having vaginal intercourse if during copulation the female bat licks the shaft of the male bat’s penis. – American high school girls are less likely to use condoms if they are overweight and white or underweight and black, and white American women are four times likelier than African-American women to have restless legs. – A South Dakota researcher concluded that only scant blood spatter results when chain saws are used to dismember pigs. – Citrus-scented Windex encourages ethical behavior. And on and on, in every issue, millions of dollars world wide on the ridiculous and the unhelpful.