Monthly Archives: December 2004

Drinking game puts Perth man near death

A 21-year-old Perth man is lucky to be alive after having his stomach ripped open during a beer-skolling game using a home-made device powered by an electric pump. […]
It is believed to have consisted of a helmet fitted with a jug from which a hose was attached to a pump that was powered by a power drill.
Another hose from the pump was placed in his mouth and the pump was switched on, pushing beer from the jug down his throat.

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Toss Out the Toss-Up: Bias in heads-or-tails

If you want to decide which football team takes the ball first or who gets the larger piece of cake, the fairest thing is to toss a coin, right? Not necessarily.

A new mathematical analysis suggests that coin tossing is inherently biased: A coin is more likely to land on the same face it started out on.