We celebrate the greatest scientific awards night, the 31st Ig Nobel Prizes. In this multi part special we find out about the history of the Ig Nobel prizes and some of the more well known examples from storied history. Who came home with the top prize this year in the Ig Nobel's? How can you navigate a crowd safely? What's the best way to model a busy train station? Does using a phone make it harder to navigate a crowd safely? Do people coordinate and work together to make through a rush hour crowd? Does a crowd self organise into lanes to navigate a busy intersection?
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Episode 456 - Responding rapidly to bad smells
Episode 455 - Growing rocket fuel on Mars and greener jet fuel on earth
Episode 454 - Evolution‘s strange journeys in crabs, snakes and lizards
Episode 453 - The early days of our solar system
Episode 452 - Eureka Prizes 21 - Fighting back against viruses
Episode 452 - Eureka Prizes 21 - Fighting back against viruses
Episode 451 - Microbes and Metals as allies and enemies
Episode 450 - Dating lobsters and islands under the sea
Episode 448 - Ig Nobel ‘21 Part 1 - Invasion of the chewing gum
Episode 447 - Defending and recovering from floods in cities and the sea floor
Episode 446 - Brains and Guts connected in surprising ways
Episode 445 - De-carbonizing Transportation and Fertilizer
Episode 444 - Deadly Creatures in Australia for Nat. Sci Week
Episode 443 - Strange chemistry, ice, life and moons
Episode 442 - Just what is a metal anyway
Episode 441 - Augmenting the human body to keep it safe
Episode 440 - Turning off plants with a switch of a light
Episode 439 - The journey of humanity and its closet cousins
Episode 438 - Super fast and dense White Dwarfs and odd Supernova
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