Washington Post reveals a secret scientific conspiracy to sneak as many Bob Dylan lyrics into publications as possible:
While writing an article about intestinal gasses 17 years ago, Karolinska Institute researchers John Lundberg and Eddie Weitzberg couldn’t resist a punny title: “Nitric Oxide and inflammation: The answer is blowing in the wind”.
Thus began their descent down the slippery slope of Bob Dylan call-outs. While the two men never put lyrics into their peer-reviewed studies, The Local Sweden reports, they started a personal tradition of getting as many Dylan quotes as possible into everything else they wrote — articles about other peoples’ work, editorials, book introductions, and so on.
Soon, the pun ring doubled in size.
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A fifth scientist joined the group when his article “Tangled up in blue: Molecular cardiology in the postmolecular era” hit the stands.
Now, the researchers say, they have a running bet: Whoever can sneak in the most references before retirement will get treated to lunch.