The Scientist magazine reports: Dung beetles (Scarabaeus lamarcki) scurry around cow pastures collecting little balls of poop from steaming heaps of excrement and quickly roll those balls to their nests, where they bury them for a future meal. (See a video of this behavior.) According to new research published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, the beetles’ […]
Category: Ig Nobel
News about the Ig Nobel Prizes — honoring achievements that make people LAUGH, then THINK.
Running on water: On the earth and on the moon
It would be even better on the moon. Yes, here on earth you can run atop a pool of water-mixed-with-cornstarch, as people are doing in this video: But you could also run atop a pool of pure water—if you and that water were somewhere that has weaker gravity. The moon is one such place. An […]
The past and further adventures of Troy Hurtubise (of grizzly fame) (Part 3 of 3)
Ig Nobel Prize winner Troy Hurtubise explains in exquisite detail why and how he has spent 25 years building and testing a suit of armor to protect himself against grizzly bears. Vice presents a three-part interview with Troy. In the past two days we enjoyed part 1 and part 2. Here’s part 3, about how […]
The past and further adventures of Troy Hurtubise (of grizzly fame) (Part 2 of 3)
Ig Nobel Prize winner Troy Hurtubise explains in exquisite detail why and how he has spent 25 years building and testing a suit of armor to protect himself against grizzly bears. Vice presents a three-part interview with Troy. Yesterday we enjoyed part 1. Here’s part 2, about how Troy has been adapting his anti-grizzly-bear technology […]