Here’s What We Learned From The Ig Nobel Awards
Friday, September 18, 2015 - 14:37
in Psychology & Sociology
How To Turn A Chicken Into A Dinsaur Figure from Grossi et al., PLOS One, February 2014 Just add a tail. Eggs can be un-boiled, at least partially. Mammals all pee for the same length of time. Every language has a word for “huh?” CEOs of risk-taking firms tend to have lived through—but didn’t suffer from—natural disasters. Police in Bangkok can get extra pay for refusing bribes. Allergic people get fewer hives if they make out with someone, and DNA persists in saliva after kissing such that saliva may provide evidence of an assault. It is mathematically possible for the Moroccan Emperor Moulay Ismael the Bloodthirsty (1672–1727) to have fathered 888 children, as lore holds. Chickens will walk like dinosaurs if they have heavy fake...