But thanks to the efforts of the research teams awarded the IG Nobel Prize on Thursday, some of these questions – which you might not even have thought existed – now have answers.
Professor Sander Woutersen, right, displays an oversized stuffed worm while accepting a shared Ig Nobel Prize in chemistry for research using chromatography to separate drunk and sober worms.
Steven Senne/APAmong those collecting their prizes was a Japanese research team led by Ryo Okabe and Takanori Takebe who discovered that mammals can breathe through their anuses.
A Dutch-French research team also produced a live demonstration when they collected the chemistry prize to explain how they used chromotagraphy to separate drunk and sober worms.
On that note, some of the items in the box were missing, presenters said, and the box itself was “almost impossible to open.”
Persons:
–, ”, Sander Woutersen, Steven Senne, Ryo Okabe, Takanori Takebe, B.F Skinner, Jacob White, Felipe Yamashita, James C, Liao, Fordyce Ely, William E, Petersen
Organizations:
CNN, eBay, Murphy’s
Locations:
Japanese, European, French, Chilean
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