Ig Nobel winners amuse the world with bizarre research
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- Ig Nobel winners included research using buried underwear to examine soil quality and urinals designed to prevent splashing.
- The awards highlighted unusual scientific projects at a ceremony in Zurich.
Research involving underwear buried to study soil quality and scientifically designed urinals that prevent splashing were among the projects recognized by the Ig Nobel Prizes.
The awards, presented at a ceremony in Zurich, once again drew attention to the stranger side of scientific research.
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Originally published by Delfi in Lithuanian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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