IgNobels 2013! Is your cow going to lie down?

Well, I don’t know, but I can tell you if it’s going to stand. A small difference, but actually a rather big one. Today’s IgNobel prize covers the question of whether or not the amount of time a cow’s been standing predicts when it will lie down. In fact, that’s the wrong question. A better […]

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IgNobels 2013! Who ate the dead shrew for science?

*sings* There was a young student who swallowed a shrew. Didn’t even chew, just swallowed a shrew. It’s what scientists do. Sci is still over at SciAm covering this year’s IgNobel prizes! Today it’s the Archeology prize, for the pair that swallowed a shrew, and then analyzed what came out the other end. For science. […]

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Ignobels 2013! Reattachment of the penis, unless it was first eaten by a duck

I’m over at SciAm Blogs today, and for the next few days, blogging the fabulously weird IgNobel prizes!! The ceremony was last night, and now I’m doing in depth analyses of all of the winners, and we’re starting with…weirdest first. The IgNobel winner in public health, the reattachment of the penis, unless of course, it […]

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