<![CDATA["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]]>"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

(He smashes a prop bottle over his head)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/4d4b045d-7a6f-4528-bf64-af37f7e16bd8/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.2008.07.013RSS for NodeFri, 11 Sep 2026 17:26:43 GMTThu, 03 Sep 2026 17:09:42 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to "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 on Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:50:16 GMT]]>@nev sounds worthy of Noble prize instead.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://todon.nl/users/audunmb/statuses/117208607370655707https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://todon.nl/users/audunmb/statuses/117208607370655707Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:50:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "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 on Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:39:04 GMT]]>@nev They *were* pretty intimidating.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.community/users/GinevraCat/statuses/117208563326446494https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.community/users/GinevraCat/statuses/117208563326446494Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:39:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "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 on Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:37:55 GMT]]>@nev I only caught the last 10 minutes - I'll have to go back and watch the rest!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.community/users/GinevraCat/statuses/117208558805439899https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.community/users/GinevraCat/statuses/117208558805439899Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:37:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "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 on Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:36:03 GMT]]>"If you didn't win an award, or especially if you did, better luck next year" - @MarcAbrahams

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://flipping.rocks/users/nev/statuses/117208551485844719https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://flipping.rocks/users/nev/statuses/117208551485844719Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:36:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "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 on Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:22:51 GMT]]>@gherhartd the rare Twofer

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://flipping.rocks/users/nev/statuses/117208499555877447https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://flipping.rocks/users/nev/statuses/117208499555877447Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:22:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "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 on Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:21:23 GMT]]>@nev that one tried to win both an IgNobel and a Darwin award?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ludosphere.fr/users/gherhartd/statuses/117208493834485019https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ludosphere.fr/users/gherhartd/statuses/117208493834485019Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:21:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "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 on Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:21:07 GMT]]>(alas I need to answer emails, no more recapping)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://flipping.rocks/users/nev/statuses/117208492742210448https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://flipping.rocks/users/nev/statuses/117208492742210448Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:21:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "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 on Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:17:14 GMT]]>@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

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.cat/users/smp/statuses/117208477525695885https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.cat/users/smp/statuses/117208477525695885Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:17:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "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 on Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:11:07 GMT]]>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

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://flipping.rocks/users/nev/statuses/117208453434694881https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://flipping.rocks/users/nev/statuses/117208453434694881Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:11:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "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 on Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:07:07 GMT]]>@nev It's a fastmoving ceremony. 🙂

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ecoevo.social/users/ml/statuses/117208437697763428https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ecoevo.social/users/ml/statuses/117208437697763428Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:07:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "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 on Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:06:46 GMT]]>@ml oh my bad. I am trying to watch, post, and and also check my email at the same time lol

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://flipping.rocks/users/nev/statuses/117208436357202314https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://flipping.rocks/users/nev/statuses/117208436357202314Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:06:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "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 on Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:06:13 GMT]]>@nev and as one of the recipients correctly pointed out: it is soo fitting that this is published at the university of WaterLoo 😄

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://metalhead.club/users/lumiukko/statuses/117208434210999401https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://metalhead.club/users/lumiukko/statuses/117208434210999401Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:06:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "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 on Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:05:46 GMT]]>@nev They were past winners, right? I thought that was why they were in the audience.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ecoevo.social/users/ml/statuses/117208432398093757https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ecoevo.social/users/ml/statuses/117208432398093757Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:05:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "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 on Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:03:41 GMT]]>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

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://flipping.rocks/users/nev/statuses/117208424208336055https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://flipping.rocks/users/nev/statuses/117208424208336055Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:03:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "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 on Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:01:24 GMT]]>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

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://flipping.rocks/users/nev/statuses/117208415252614580https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://flipping.rocks/users/nev/statuses/117208415252614580Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:01:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "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 on Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:59:28 GMT]]>@nev I was wondering whether I'd found the right one...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ecoevo.social/users/ml/statuses/117208407629503675https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ecoevo.social/users/ml/statuses/117208407629503675Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:59:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "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 on Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:57:55 GMT]]>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

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://flipping.rocks/users/nev/statuses/117208401521607855https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://flipping.rocks/users/nev/statuses/117208401521607855Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:57:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "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 on Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:57:22 GMT]]>@nev ... through a process she calls "milking a cockroach"

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://techhub.social/users/jerzone/statuses/117208399406044447https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://techhub.social/users/jerzone/statuses/117208399406044447Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:57:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "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 on Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:53:14 GMT]]>This year in lieu of a small child, over-time speakers are ominously crowded off stage by a trio of bananas.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://flipping.rocks/users/nev/statuses/117208383141512953https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://flipping.rocks/users/nev/statuses/117208383141512953Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:53:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "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 on Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:48:25 GMT]]>@nev I like that they mix science with music, dancing, and singing, etc. each year.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ecoevo.social/users/ml/statuses/117208364168182680https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ecoevo.social/users/ml/statuses/117208364168182680Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:48:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "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 on Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:46:39 GMT]]>There is now an interpretive dance and aria about fungi

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://flipping.rocks/users/nev/statuses/117208357246929781https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://flipping.rocks/users/nev/statuses/117208357246929781Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:46:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "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 on Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:45:16 GMT]]>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/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://flipping.rocks/users/nev/statuses/117208351786930929https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://flipping.rocks/users/nev/statuses/117208351786930929Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:45:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "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 on Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:41:41 GMT]]>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

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://flipping.rocks/users/nev/statuses/117208337693384836https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://flipping.rocks/users/nev/statuses/117208337693384836Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:41:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "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 on Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:35:21 GMT]]>The 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

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://flipping.rocks/users/nev/statuses/117208312793047526https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://flipping.rocks/users/nev/statuses/117208312793047526Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:35:21 GMT