Academia Bizarro: A Rhyme with Reason?

Here's a paper entitled Habitat Provision for Meiofauna by Fucus serratus Epifauna with Particular Data on the Flatworm Monocelis lineata by Patrick S. Boaden published in Marine Ecology. Why is it fit for Academia Bizarro? Well, the entire paper is in rhyme. The entire thing! Including materials, methods, results, discussion, and conclusions! The abstract:

Hat tip to AWI graduate student Marieke Feis for sending this paper my way and hats off to the author (and the editor) for publishing this enjoyable read!

Introducing: Academia Bizarro

At the Institute for Geophysics (my workplace), we have a series of weekly Brown Bag talks and I volunteered to host the seminar this year:

The UTIG Brown Bags are informal talks at noon each Wednesday at the Seminar Conference Room and they are a platform for faculty, scientists and students alike to update everyone on their current research and associated research activities (field work, workshops etc.) Though the talks convey scientific results and generate discussion amongst colleagues, they can (note: not must) be light-hearted and fun in nature. A few examples of past talk titles:

• Has it Ever Rained Cats and Dogs in a Climate Model?
• Will Work For Food, Fuel, and a Groomed Ski-way: ICECAP Season 1
• Spring in Greenland: How I learned to stop worrying and love global warming
• Scenery and Tectonics of Spain
• Moonquakes: Who said the moon was dead?
• Tales from the western tropical Pacific: Search for the "Golden" Samples
• One Rock to Change the World: The Story of the Chicxulub Impact Crater

This year, in order to make the Brown Bags a little more fun, I decided to include a section (haphazardly named after this and especially this) entitled Academia Bizarro. So, what is it you ask? Well, I consider anything that falls under or in between the following brackets to qualify:

• Scientifically outdated articles
• Historically relevant research 
• Controversial science
• Witty/sarcastic literature (see also: this)
• Plain bizarre science

In essence, I propose to have a 1-2min segment before each Brown Bag talk presenting a paper/research which falls under the Academia Bizarro umbrella (preferably geoscience based and related to the talk, of course). I will archive the material as the talks go on and ultimately, I hope to write up a semester's worth of material into a blog post. Thus far, I have already had support and suggestions from many researchers/faculty. Since there were no takers for today's Brown Bag, I gave a small presentation on the whole idea. As I am pitching this as a collaborative effort, I welcome any/all suggestions for Academia Bizarro from the blogosphere too. If you have any ideas/comments/suggestions, please let me know in the comments (your contribution will merit due credit!)