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    Posted: September 19 2020 at 8:51am

I so desperately miss the dungeon. SIGH!  Not only is there no more 'squirrels of doom' thread and no 'Darwin Awards' thread but there are no IG Nobel prizes thread either.

Anyway, this year's IG Nobel went to a team listening to aligators breathing helium.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_XX0FnVsXY



Personally I miss the bra/gas mask.  That was an idea before its time.
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This link contains details of some of the other prizes.https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-54197198


I just can believe another year has gone by and we have a new set of prizes.   


ps. the Medical Education prize relates to Covid-19.   8ut it is a little political.
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I can't get the BBC link to work, but here is another:  https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/09/bellowing-alligators-and-frozen-poop-knives-the-2020-ig-nobel-prizes/
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