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Ig Nobel Prizes for Unusual Science Feature Fossil Lickers, ‘Stanford Toilet’, and Corpse Nose Hairs
The 33rd annual Ig Nobel Prizes in improbable research that make people “LAUGH, then THINK,” according to its website, were revealed this week. The awards are produced by the Annals of Improbable Research magazine. Each year, the awards feature scientific experiments that are as amusing as they are intriguing, shedding light on questions you never…
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Gene-Editing CRISPR Pioneers Get a Well-Deserved Nobel Prize
On Wednesday, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry to scientists Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna for their pivotal roles in discovering CRISPR/Cas9, an ancient bacterial defence system that’s been adapted into a cheap and revolutionary gene-editing technology. This is the first Nobel in Chemistry to be shared exclusively by two…
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Greta Thunberg Didn’t Win The Nobel Peace Prize. Good.
The 2019 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali. He won for helping de-escalating long-simmering tensions with neighbouring Eritrea.
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Real-Life Expanding Brain Technique Is Blowing Some Minds
It’s now possible to image an entire fly brain in just a few days, according to a new study. This might sound like a long time, but is in fact an incredible accomplishment when you consider that the process would otherwise take weeks.