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Ig Nobel Prizes for Unusual Science Feature Fossil Lickers, ‘Stanford Toilet’, and Corpse Nose Hairs
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe 33rd annual Ig Nobel Prizes in improbable research that make people “LAUGH, then THINK,”...
‘Smart’ loo that identifies a person from ‘analprint’ wins spoof Ig Nobel prize
Press Association News via AOL· 9 months agoA “smart” toilet that can identify a person from their “analprint” has won one of this year’s spoof...
Constipated scorpions, love at first sight inspire Ig Nobels
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe sex lives of constipated scorpions, cute ducklings with an innate sense of physics, and a...
Watch: Ig Nobel Prize winners include smart toilet, reanimated robot spiders
United Press International via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe winners of the tongue-in-cheek Ig Nobel prizes for this year include the developers of robot...
Nose hairs, dead spiders and licking rocks are among this year’s Ig Nobel Prize-winning topics
CNN via Yahoo News· 9 months agoHow do you feel when you read the same word many times? Do people have an equal number of hairs in...
Sword Swallowers Day is nothing to lose your head over
Shreveport Times | The Times via Yahoo News· 4 months agoFor this latest library column of random knowledge, I bring you a double feature of an obscure holiday and a satirical award that might needle you into doing some additional research of your ...
Scientists made a claw machine from a dead spider
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 7 months agoA muse. What’s the weirdest thing you learned this week? Well, whatever it is, we promise you’ll have an even weirder answer if you listen to PopSci’s...
The most common wombat is also the least understood
Knowable Magazine via Yahoo News· 3 days agoAustralia’s iconic marsupial has been viewed as a food source, pest, mascot and, now, a conservation concern. Scientists are breaking down myths — using...
Where will the world's first genetic sequencing of a corn dog take place? At the Minnesota State...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoThere are lots of things that happen only at the Minnesota State Fair: Butter busts. Costumed...