When things go 'horribly right'
By Kevin Uhrich 02/12/2009
It’s not unusual to see Caltech mentioned as a source of a major story in newspapers and magazines.
But on Friday, the prestigious university finally arrived in the world media scene — as part of the story line in a fictional news item that started appearing Friday in The Onion, America’s humor newspaper.
The story, which begins with the very official-looking dateline “PASADENA, CA,” states that a “grotesque and unsettling genetic experiment in which human corneal tissue was grown on the backs of naked mole rats has gone horribly, horribly right, sickened Caltech scientists announced Monday.
“‘Never in our worst nightmares could we have foreseen the appalling success of this advantageous abomination,’ head researcher Dr. Trevor Keller said of the phenomenal medical breakthrough, which could potentially treat those suffering from congenital blindness. ‘Oh the humanity! The benefit to humanity!’
This is really just the latest in a number of “stories” about Caltech that have appeared in The Onion over the past few years. Others include: “Caltech Physicists Successfully Split The Bill,” “Researchers Discover Details Smaller Than Minutiae” and “Scientists Ask Congress To Fund $50 Billion Science Thing.”
For more, visit theonion.com.
— Kevin Uhrich
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