The 2023 Ig Nobel Prizes, Part 2

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, Life Sciences, Science

4.4 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2023

⏱️ 80 minutes

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It’s that time of year again! Join Robert and Joe as they discuss some of this year’s Ig Nobel prize-winning scientific studies and papers – honored as always for first making us laugh, then making us think.

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2:09.0	Hey, welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind. My name is Robert Lam.
2:19.0	And I am Joe McCormick, and we're back with part two of our 2023 entry on the EG Nobel Prizes.
2:27.0	This is a collection of awards that are given out every year by a scientific humor journal called The Annals of Improbable Research.
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