2016 Ig Nobel awards

[sun rise]

The prizes are given for "achievements that make people LAUGH, and then THINK," as the Annals of Improbable Research, the science humor magazine that doles out the awards, puts it.

(and one of my favorites this year

Shafik won my heart by publishing a paper in European Urology in which he investigated the effects of polyester on sexual activity. Ahmed Shafik dressed lab rats in polyester pants. "There were seventy-five rats. They wore their pants for one year. Shafik found that over time the ones dressed in polyester or poly-cotton blend had sex significantly less often than the rats whose slacks were cotton or wool. (Shafik thinks the reason is that polyester sets up troublesome electrostatic fields in and around the genitals.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-...nts-fly-catchers-and-rocks-with-personalities

 

[Sunstone]

This is good to know.

 

[Augustus]

"There were seventy-five rats. They wore their pants for one year. Shafik found that over time the ones dressed in polyester or poly-cotton blend had sex significantly less often than the rats whose slacks were cotton or wool.(Shafik thinks the reason is that polyester sets up troublesome electrostatic fields in and around the genitals.

Maybe they just looked like a bunch of ***** in their polyester slacks and consequently didn't have enough game to get the ladies.

On the other hand, the rats getting their swag on in cotton and wool were straight pimpin'

 

[Revoltingest]

I always miss that when it comes around on NPR.
Guess I'll have to go to youtube for the awards.
Geek heaven.