Meet the 2025 Ig Nobel Prize winners (arstechnica.com)
from silverchase@sh.itjust.works to science@mander.xyz on 19 Sep 15:50
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zabadoh@ani.social on 19 Sep 20:04 next collapse

A wonderful collection of strange studies, as usual.

The zebra stripes on cows thing could be very useful!

Teflon pans have less of my food stuck to them, and therefore increase my caloric intake. I blame Teflon for my being overweight.

Getting academic research funds to learn how to make better pasta sauce sounds like a dream!

An anti-smell shoe rack does have commercial potential!

Drunk bats don’t navigate or fly as well as sober bats. Duh.

Telling people they’re more intelligent than average makes them think they’re more intelligent than average. Remember that when speaking to your kids and family.

Rats preferred cheese-only pizzas. That actually surprised me that they wouldn’t go for more protein with the meat pizzas.

Babies preferred garlic-flavored breast milk. Well, the dairy industry should take note of that…

Fingernail growth charted against age. That actually is interesting, although a sample of one. Need more data points.

Maybe Dutch just sounds like drunk German.

SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world on 20 Sep 11:39 collapse

Strange, but helpful. Keep that in mind the next time someone rants about funding shrimp on treadmills

DrWorm@piefed.social on 19 Sep 23:52 collapse

Mothers who ingested the garlic capsules produced milk with a perceptibly more intense odor, as evaluated by several adult panelists brought in to sniff the breast milk samples.

How does one get recruited as a milk sniffer?