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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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A New Storage Breakthrough Could Squeeze A Library’s Worth Of Data Into A Teaspoon Of Protein
By 2020, researchers estimate that the world’s digital archive will weigh in at around 44 trillion gigabytes. That’s an astounding amount of data that isn’t necessarily being stored in the safest of places. Most storage mediums naturally degrade over time (if they’re not hacked or accidentally destroyed) and even the cloud isn’t as reliable as…