Useless Facts, Badly Drawn<p>Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #420: Chasmology.<br>.<br>.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chasmology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chasmology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/yawning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>yawning</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/yawn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>yawn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sleep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sleep</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/strangebuttrue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strangebuttrue</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ignobelprize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ignobelprize</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ignobel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ignobel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/webcomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>webcomics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>comics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uselessfacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uselessfacts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uselessfactsbadlydrawn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uselessfactsbadlydrawn</span></a></p>
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Arnim Sommer 🇪🇺<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://vmst.io/@jalefkowit" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jalefkowit</span></a></span><br>Sounds <a href="https://ruhr.social/tags/IgNobel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IgNobel</span></a> to me…<br>Ping <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@minkorrekt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>minkorrekt</span></a></span></p>
Rich Stein (he/him)<p>"‘The data on extreme human ageing is rotten from the inside out’ – Ig Nobel winner Saul Justin Newman" </p><p>"Regions where people most often reach 100-110 years old are the ones where there’s the most pressure to commit pension fraud, and they also have the worst [birth and death] records [and/or registries]."</p><p>Interesting to see if there is follow up beyond the work of a single researcher. <br><a href="https://theconversation.com/the-data-on-extreme-human-ageing-is-rotten-from-the-inside-out-ig-nobel-winner-saul-justin-newman-239023" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/the-data-o</span><span class="invisible">n-extreme-human-ageing-is-rotten-from-the-inside-out-ig-nobel-winner-saul-justin-newman-239023</span></a> v <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@TheConversationUS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TheConversationUS</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ignobel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ignobel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BlueZones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlueZones</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a></p>
Anand Philip<p>This preprint that won the 2024 Demography <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/IgNobel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IgNobel</span></a> is delightful : <br>Supercentenarian and remarkable age records exhibit patterns indicative of clerical errors and pension fraud<br>Saul Justin Newman<br>bioRxiv 704080; doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1101/704080" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">doi.org/10.1101/704080</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Christine Sætre-esque<p>Useful tip:<br>“…82% of the people aged over 100 in Japan turned out to be dead. The secret to living to 110 was, don’t register your death.”</p><p>Via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.cafe/@baldur" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>baldur</span></a></span> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ignobel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ignobel</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/secret" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>secret</span></a></p>
Flipboard Science Desk<p>Scientists who discovered mammals can breathe through their anuses receive Ig Nobel prize.</p><p>CNN reports: "The awards – which have no affiliation to the Nobel Prizes – aim to 'celebrate the unusual, honor the imaginative – and spur people’s interest in science, medicine, and technology' by making 'people laugh, then think.'"</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/XPIEAz" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/XPIEAz</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/IGNobel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IGNobel</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Animals</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Humor</span></a></p>
4nd3rs<p>Som en, der lige har været forkølet i to uger, er det her top-notch videnskab! 🔬</p><p>Spørgsmål: Hvor meget snot producerer man, når man er forkølet?</p><p>Svaret findes i denne artikel fra SciAm: <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/colds-bring-lots-of-snot-but-just-how-much/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scientificamerican.com/article</span><span class="invisible">/colds-bring-lots-of-snot-but-just-how-much/</span></a></p><p>TL;DR: Det er meget mindre end du tror, selvom du pudser næse mindst 20 gange om dagen…</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ignobel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ignobel</span></a></p>
DamonHD<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/today" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>today</span></a> got several (good!) sets of comments in for my working paper which I will deal with tomorrow plus a v good phonecall, and just booked tickets for me and friends for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BAHFest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BAHFest</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IgNobel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IgNobel</span></a>! <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bahfest-ig-nobel-2023-tickets-713070271377" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eventbrite.co.uk/e/bahfest-ig-</span><span class="invisible">nobel-2023-tickets-713070271377</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ZachWeinersmith" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ZachWeinersmith</span></a></span></p>
Ruth Mottram<p>After the enlightening discussions on <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/housimg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>housimg</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/insulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insulation</span></a> + the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/EnergyCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyCrisis</span></a> this week, veryone's favourite <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> rapper <br><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/bababrinkman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bababrinkman</span></a> is back with a new song urging us all to <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/GetInsulated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GetInsulated</span></a></p><p>Hilarious + thoughtful, surely an <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ignobel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ignobel</span></a> shoo-in?<br><a href="https://youtu.be/EV5v0ExCBnA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/EV5v0ExCBnA</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
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