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Meet the winners of the 2023 Ig Nobel Prizes

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    bruzie
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    The necrobiotics got me. And discovered a new way to scare the bejeezus out of my wife.

    The necrobiotics got me. And discovered a new way to scare the bejeezus out of my wife.

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    1. CannibalisticApple
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      Of all the entries to include a picture that's a gif... As an arachnophobe, that definitely spooked me and had me scrolling back up. Fascinating though. Not sure of the real-world potential, other...

      Of all the entries to include a picture that's a gif... As an arachnophobe, that definitely spooked me and had me scrolling back up.

      Fascinating though. Not sure of the real-world potential, other than the fact they're biodegradable. Which might open the doors somehow for disposable robotic grippers. (please don't let it catch on somehow and the research expand to single-use spider grippers)

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  2. first-must-burn
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    As far as I am concerned, the pinnacle of all the work AIR has done was back in 2000 with Postal Experiments, an analysis meant to test the limits of the US Portal Service. Back in those days, I...

    As far as I am concerned, the pinnacle of all the work AIR has done was back in 2000 with Postal Experiments, an analysis meant to test the limits of the US Portal Service. Back in those days, I actual had a physical subscription. Serious nostalgia.

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