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? What's the best way to airlift a rhino? Are there NSFW ways to de-congest your nose? What can a discarded piece of chewing gum tell you about your mouth or environment? A discarded piece of gum can be a mess but also a messy battleground for bacteria. Since bacteria love invading old gum, can that be harnessed for good?
Full information about the Ig Nobel Prizes can be found at their website, curated by the journal, the Annals of Improbable Research.
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Episode 437 - Dark Fish hiding in the ocean depths
Episode 436 - Squeezing and grinding to create next generation materials from humble begingings
Episode 435 - Cold war secrets and reanimating frozen life
Episode 434 - Parasites and Symbiotic relationships
Episode 433 - Prioritizing memories and filtering noise
Episode 432 - Using sound and magnetism to navigate the world
Episode 431 - Super stellar collisions and super computers
Episode 430 - Using Corn to clean water, and new wind turbine designs
Episode 429 - Volcanic ash in our oceans and rafting in the air
Episode 428 - Lightning and Early life on earth
Episode 427 - RNA protecting your brain
Episode 426 - Tackling waste water and antibiotic resistance together
Episode 425 - Tiny creatures with a huge impact on our oceans
Episode 424 - Hunting for atmospheres on other planets
Episode 423 - Humans vs Bacteria on earth and in space
Episode 422 - Squid blending into starlight with Bio-luminescent bacteria
Episode 421 - March Mammal Madness '21 and Bats tuning out the world
Episode 420 - Slime with memories, and 3d printed materials to repair damaged neurons
Episode 419 - Testing life on Mars here on Earth
Episode 418 - Venus Fly Taps, Magnets and Sugar in plants
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