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213 - 2024 Ig Nobel Prizes
Ep. 213
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On today’s episode: Nasal sprays with bacteria in them really should be taken off the store shelves…. Right? … right…? And it’s time for the 34th First Annual Ig Nobel Prizes! All that and more today on All Around Science...
RESOURCES
- The 34th First Annual Ig Nobel Ceremony
- Homeopathic company refuses to recall life-threatening nasal spray, FDA says
- Mammalian enteral ventilation ameliorates respiratory failure: Med
- [2310.04153] Fair coins tend to land on the same side they started
- https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abj7918
- Neuromuscular control of trout swimming in a vortex street: implications for energy economy during the Kármán gait | Journal of Experimental Biology
- How side effects can improve treatment efficacy: a randomized trial | Brain | Oxford Academic
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THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen
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