The world still holds many unanswered questions; but, thanks to the efforts of the research teams awarded the IG Nobel Prize last week, some of these questions – which you might not even have thought existed – now have answers. We know that there isn’t an equal probability that a coin will land on head or tails, that some real plants somehow imitate the shapes of neighboring fake plastic plants, that fake medicine which causes painful side-effects can be more effective than fake medicine without side-effects, and, most importantly, we now know that many mammals can breathe through their anuses. Huh?? A research team inJapan discovered this and they say it potentially offers an alternative way of getting oxygen into critically ill patients if ventilator and artificial lung supplies run low, like they did during the covid-19 pandemic. Rest assured, they are positive they can save your life not by blowing gas out your (beep), but by pumping it in. I don’t want a full explanation, thank you.
The IG Nobel prizes are not associated with the actual Nobel prizes. They are awards given to the celebrate ten unusual or trivial achievements in scientific research.
