Michelle Spierings wrote about the recent Ig Nobel show in Leiden, The Netherlands. A behavioral biologist at the Institute of Biology Leiden and the University of Vienna, Austria, Spierings had a starring role in the show. Her essay appears in the July 5, 2026 issue of Bionieuws. Here is a machine translation from the original […]
This year is (roughly) the 20th anniversary of the publication of EU Commission Regulation (EC) No 2257/94. So what better time to take another look at ‘Laying down quality standards for bananas’. The regulation caused, and continues to cause debate centering around the acceptable curvature of bananas – which some now cite as a standard example […]
Sometimes, if one were to purchase an artificial-fruit display (for example featuring bananas) one may eventually become frustrated – in the sense that the display is not easily re-configured. Thus, one may be left with just one expensive option. “Currently, the only way to vary the configuration or display of artificial fruit is to purchase […]