"Ceremonial safety gesture" from Dr. Stephan Bollinger, winner of the 2009 IgNobel Peace Prize for determining whether it is worse to be smashed over the head with a full beer bottle or an empty one: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jflm.2008.07.013
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The #Economics Prize goes to Dr. Paul K. Piff & co. for this 2012 study showing that (among other things) rich people steal more candy from a dish marked "for children" https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1118373109
Some of the researchers from this paper on how cockroach milk has 3 times more protein than cow milk are summarizing their findings in song. https://doi.org/10.1107/S2052252516008903
More on cockroach milk: https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/08/06/488861223/cockroach-milk-yes-you-read-that-right
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Some of the researchers from this paper on how cockroach milk has 3 times more protein than cow milk are summarizing their findings in song. https://doi.org/10.1107/S2052252516008903
More on cockroach milk: https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/08/06/488861223/cockroach-milk-yes-you-read-that-right
The 24/7 lectures: a technical summary in 24 seconds, a clear summary in 7 words.
"To understand space, first, dig a hole" is the 7-word plain-language summary of the Einstein Telescope team: https://einsteintelescope.eu/
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The 24/7 lectures: a technical summary in 24 seconds, a clear summary in 7 words.
"To understand space, first, dig a hole" is the 7-word plain-language summary of the Einstein Telescope team: https://einsteintelescope.eu/
There is now an interpretive dance and aria about fungi
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There is now an interpretive dance and aria about fungi
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There is now an interpretive dance and aria about fungi
This year in lieu of a small child, over-time speakers are ominously crowded off stage by a trio of bananas.
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Some of the researchers from this paper on how cockroach milk has 3 times more protein than cow milk are summarizing their findings in song. https://doi.org/10.1107/S2052252516008903
More on cockroach milk: https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/08/06/488861223/cockroach-milk-yes-you-read-that-right
@nev ... through a process she calls "milking a cockroach"
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This year in lieu of a small child, over-time speakers are ominously crowded off stage by a trio of bananas.
The Biology Prize goes to the researcher who (gently) stepped on venomous snakes thousands of times to see what got them to bite: https://www.science.org/content/article/researcher-steps-deadly-vipers-40-000-times-better-predict-snakebites
(Note: the study was retracted for not getting the proper ethics board approval, although it seemed to be more about the researcher putting himself at risk because he is allergic to both snake venom and antivenom https://retractionwatch.com/2025/03/07/snakes-soft-stepping-retraction-butantan-institute/ )
Edit: this one @ml links was not: https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jzo.70132
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The Biology Prize goes to the researcher who (gently) stepped on venomous snakes thousands of times to see what got them to bite: https://www.science.org/content/article/researcher-steps-deadly-vipers-40-000-times-better-predict-snakebites
(Note: the study was retracted for not getting the proper ethics board approval, although it seemed to be more about the researcher putting himself at risk because he is allergic to both snake venom and antivenom https://retractionwatch.com/2025/03/07/snakes-soft-stepping-retraction-butantan-institute/ )
Edit: this one @ml links was not: https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jzo.70132
@nev I was wondering whether I'd found the right one...
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The Biology Prize goes to the researcher who (gently) stepped on venomous snakes thousands of times to see what got them to bite: https://www.science.org/content/article/researcher-steps-deadly-vipers-40-000-times-better-predict-snakebites
(Note: the study was retracted for not getting the proper ethics board approval, although it seemed to be more about the researcher putting himself at risk because he is allergic to both snake venom and antivenom https://retractionwatch.com/2025/03/07/snakes-soft-stepping-retraction-butantan-institute/ )
Edit: this one @ml links was not: https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jzo.70132
Generally failing at keeping up with liveposting so I will stop trying lol, but a prize went to the people who studied didgeridoo playing as a treatment for sleep apnea https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.38705.470590.55
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Generally failing at keeping up with liveposting so I will stop trying lol, but a prize went to the people who studied didgeridoo playing as a treatment for sleep apnea https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.38705.470590.55
The Physics prize goes to the team who designed a splash-proof urinal in 2022: https://uwaterloo.ca/mechanical-mechatronics-engineering/news/mathy-urinal-designs-solve-messy-problem
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Generally failing at keeping up with liveposting so I will stop trying lol, but a prize went to the people who studied didgeridoo playing as a treatment for sleep apnea https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.38705.470590.55
@nev They were past winners, right? I thought that was why they were in the audience.
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The Physics prize goes to the team who designed a splash-proof urinal in 2022: https://uwaterloo.ca/mechanical-mechatronics-engineering/news/mathy-urinal-designs-solve-messy-problem
@nev and as one of the recipients correctly pointed out: it is soo fitting that this is published at the university of WaterLoo
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@nev They were past winners, right? I thought that was why they were in the audience.
@ml oh my bad. I am trying to watch, post, and and also check my email at the same time lol
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@ml oh my bad. I am trying to watch, post, and and also check my email at the same time lol
@nev It's a fastmoving ceremony.
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The Physics prize goes to the team who designed a splash-proof urinal in 2022: https://uwaterloo.ca/mechanical-mechatronics-engineering/news/mathy-urinal-designs-solve-messy-problem
The prize for Technology goes to the team who turned mosquito proboscises into 3D printing nozzles: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adw9953
They call it "necroprinting"
I am in awe
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The prize for Technology goes to the team who turned mosquito proboscises into 3D printing nozzles: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adw9953
They call it "necroprinting"
I am in awe
@nev the award for economics: rich people are shitty, confirmed yet again, actually more likely to steal candy from babies. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1118373109
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The prize for Technology goes to the team who turned mosquito proboscises into 3D printing nozzles: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adw9953
They call it "necroprinting"
I am in awe
(alas I need to answer emails, no more #IgNobel recapping)
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The Biology Prize goes to the researcher who (gently) stepped on venomous snakes thousands of times to see what got them to bite: https://www.science.org/content/article/researcher-steps-deadly-vipers-40-000-times-better-predict-snakebites
(Note: the study was retracted for not getting the proper ethics board approval, although it seemed to be more about the researcher putting himself at risk because he is allergic to both snake venom and antivenom https://retractionwatch.com/2025/03/07/snakes-soft-stepping-retraction-butantan-institute/ )
Edit: this one @ml links was not: https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jzo.70132
@nev that one tried to win both an IgNobel and a Darwin award?
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@nev that one tried to win both an IgNobel and a Darwin award?
@gherhartd the rare Twofer
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(alas I need to answer emails, no more #IgNobel recapping)
"If you didn't win an award, or especially if you did, better luck next year" - @MarcAbrahams
