Still Waters Posted September 18, 2020 #1 Share Posted September 18, 2020 (IP: Staff) · Have you heard the one about the alligator that performed the party trick of breathing in helium so it could talk in a funny voice? It's not that hilarious but then you'd be careful never to smile at a crocodilian. Stephan Reber and colleagues performed the experiment to try to understand how alligators might communicate. It was a serious piece of research but its slightly comedic aspects have just won the team an Ig Nobel Prize. Ten such awards were handed out on Thursday by the science humour magazine Annals of Improbable Research. The annual Igs are intended as a bit of a spoof on the more sober Nobel science prizes. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-54197198 Quote Scientists win award for giving an alligator helium and making it shout https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/18/us/ig-nobel-awards-alligator-helium-scli-scn-intl/index.html 1 5 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie Monster Posted September 19, 2020 #2 Share Posted September 19, 2020 23 hours ago, Still Waters said: Have you heard the one about the alligator that performed the party trick of breathing in helium so it could talk in a funny voice? It's not that hilarious but then you'd be careful never to smile at a crocodilian. Stephan Reber and colleagues performed the experiment to try to understand how alligators might communicate. It was a serious piece of research but its slightly comedic aspects have just won the team an Ig Nobel Prize. Ten such awards were handed out on Thursday by the science humour magazine Annals of Improbable Research. The annual Igs are intended as a bit of a spoof on the more sober Nobel science prizes. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-54197198 Glad to see that Trump shares in a medical award for Covid. Seems like politics is being kept out of the Nobel Peace prize. He deserves the peace one too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seti42 Posted September 19, 2020 #3 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Yeah, trump totally deserves this award. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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