Drunk Earthworms, Frozen Poop Knives, And Alligators On Helium Win 2020's Ig Nobel Awards
The co - success of this year’sIg Nobel prizefor natural philosophy , Dr Ivan Maksymov , has proven lockdown need n’t stop the march of scientific progress by have fishing worm intoxicated on vodka , position them on a speaker , and measuring their vibrations with a optical maser . gonzo as it sounds , the study is a whirl - off of some truly important genius enquiry . A project of the Annals of Improbable Research , the Ig Nobel award initially bemock oeuvre that “ Can not or should not be replicated , ” but has since expanded to cover any science that “ First realise you express mirth , then do you think ....