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Ignobel laureates for dead spider hydraulics and covid-recognizing toilets

15/09/2023 - 10:09

Scientific teams that investigated which nostril is more sensitive or why geologists reflexively lick pebbles are among the ten annual laureates awarded for research into seemingly absurd and bizarre, but actually serious and interesting everyday phenomena. The Ignobel Prizes were founded 33 years ago as a witty parody of the "serious" Nobel Prizes. - The awards honor the...

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Ignobel Awards: Discoveries that will first make you laugh, but also make you think

16/09/2022 - 20:30

Without as much fanfare as the Nobel laureates, the world of science learned last night the laureates of this year's Ignobel awards for discoveries, which, as the authors of the selection state, "will first make you laugh, but then make you think." The awards have been presented by the "Annals of Amazing Research" for 32 years and deserve the respect of much more "serious" scientific institutions. – The awarding…

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Sex is a cure for a stuffy nose, corruption does not depend on the thickness of politicians

11/09/2021 - 10:03

Research into the languages and dialects that cats speak to "their pets", sex as a remedy for stuffy noses or the types of bacteria that thrive on chewing gum and discarded chewing gum has earned this year's 31-year-old Egnobel Prize. Many consider Egnobel to be a parody of the "real" Nobel Prizes, which are usually awarded…

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Ignobel laureates for dead spider hydraulics and covid-recognizing toilets

Ignobel Awards: Discoveries that will first make you laugh, but also make you think

Sex is a cure for a stuffy nose, corruption does not depend on the thickness of politicians

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Ignobel laureates for dead spider hydraulics and covid-recognizing toilets

Ignobel Awards: Discoveries that will first make you laugh, but also make you think

Sex is a cure for a stuffy nose, corruption does not depend on the thickness of politicians

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