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March 14, 2022 10:18 PM

The 2021 Ig Nobel prizes were announced last September.
posted by eotvos (6 comments total)

For those of you coming to the comments to determine which way up to transport your rhino, the answer is that it doesn’t matter.
posted by susiswimmer at 10:25 PM on March 14, 2022 [3 favorites]

What if I’m shipping a rhino to Australia?
posted by JustSayNoDawg at 11:36 PM on March 14, 2022

I got to watch the IgNoble Awards this year, and the ceremony was pretty interesting, although filled with the accretion of in-jokes that you’d expect science and SF fans to create over the years. The scientists told the mild ribbing in good humor, although some seemed a bit bewildered by the whole thing.

Also, according to the Transportation Award winners, it very much does matter which way up you transport your rhino, assuming you are using a helicopter.
posted by GenjiandProust at 1:47 AM on March 15, 2022

Just a reminder that the Venn overlap between Ig Nobel and Nobel laureates is small but not zero.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 6:17 AM on March 15, 2022 [1 favorite]

Are you kidding? That Biology Prize research is going to have massive popular appeal. EVERYBODY wants to know weird little details about cats.
posted by dlugoczaj at 7:01 AM on March 15, 2022 [2 favorites]

I love the biology people!! they were like "let's see if someone will give us grant money to stay home and play with our 3 cats"
posted by supermedusa at 9:38 AM on March 15, 2022 [2 favorites]