Here is a more thoughtful piece by Steve Muhlberger on this piece of 'scientific' research.
In the meantime I am trying to get funding for my own ground-breaking theory, which is that I hypothesise that getting shot through the head is a deeply unpleasant and indeed frequently fatal experience and that this might have had a bearing on the outcome of many of history's most famous battles. I am hoping to carry out some trials on various government ministers and University VCs and their henchmen. First, though, I need to find me a marine micro-biologist to head up the project.