Found this within the digital edition of the Daily to which I subscribe.
These Awards are basically for research that “first makes you laugh, then makes you thinkâ€.
The winner of the Prize in Probability went to Dr Tolkamp for “two related discoveries: first, that the longer a cow has been lying down, the more likely that cow will soon stand up; and second, that once a cow stands up, you cannot easily predict how soon that cow will lie down againâ€.
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The Ig Nobel Prizes 2013
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The Ig Nobel Prizes 2013
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Re: The Ig Nobel Prizes 2013
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Have you got any udder examples?Soup Dragon wrote:Found this within the digital edition of the Daily to which I subscribe.
These Awards are basically for research that “first makes you laugh, then makes you thinkâ€.
The winner of the Prize in Probability went to Dr Tolkamp for “two related discoveries: first, that the longer a cow has been lying down, the more likely that cow will soon stand up; and second, that once a cow stands up, you cannot easily predict how soon that cow will lie down againâ€.
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Re: The Ig Nobel Prizes 2013
As Five Live are inclined to say when they can't be bothered reading out all last night's football results....
"A full list of results is available on our website"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24061992
Doesn't it just delight you to know that so many great scientific minds are devoted to such vital research?
"A full list of results is available on our website"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24061992
Doesn't it just delight you to know that so many great scientific minds are devoted to such vital research?
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