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2015 Ig Nobel Prizes Honor Bee Stings, Elephant Urination

Posted by Soulskill on from the asking-the-tough-questions dept.

sciencehabit writes: The Ig Nobel prizes award research that 'makes people laugh, and then think', and this year was no exception. At a ceremony at Harvard University Thursday night, awards were given for a variety of wacky science papers. Among the winners, a scientist who repeatedly had himself stung by bees to figure out the most painful place in the body to be stung, and a study of which animals take the longest to urinate.

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  1. Clicking is hard by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    The first line of TFA: The nostril, the lips, and the shaft of the penis.

    1. Re:Clicking is hard by radarskiy · · Score: 2

      if your penis has lips and a nostril, you have bigger problems than bee stings.

  2. I thought the golden rule was... by Triklyn · · Score: 3, Funny

    only pee on others if they pee on you.

    1. Re: I thought the golden rule was... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

      No, that's the golden shower rule.

  3. The Law of Urination by doconnor · · Score: 2

    Quirks and Quarks covered the Urination story back in 2013.

  4. Huh? by penguinoid · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That's all I got to say about their literature prize.

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  5. Re:Study of stings was flawed by bjohnson · · Score: 2

    That would possibly be the most amusing/horrifying Human Subjects Committee review ever.

  6. Re:65 year old scientists by ClickOnThis · · Score: 4, Funny

    Did they include 65 year old male scientists in their urination study?

    Partly. Most were unable to participate because they interrupted the study too frequently.

    So, in a word ... [*sunglasses*] ... depends.

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