“Can Cokes kill sperm?” The Singapore government’s Actively Seeking Knowledge [ASK] program, in the person of Ang Mei Jun, Librarian, Adult & Young People’s Services, takes on this question. It’s yet another unexpected path in the dissemination of medical knowledge. The answer is based on research by Dr. Deborah J. Anderson, co-winner of the 2008 Ig Nobel Medicine Prize. (Click here and here to watch parts of Dr. Anderson’s Ig Informal Lecture explaining the chemistry and mechanics.)
[Bonus, though not especially relevant, info: The Singapore government’s founder, Lee Kuan Yew, was awarded the 1994 Ig Nobel Prize in psychology.]