Randy beetle study wins Ig-Nobel prize

Post by **faceless** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 4:59 pm

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Mariano Ant · Post by **Mariano Ant** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 4:30 am

The biology prize was awarded to Darryl Gwynne and David Rentz for studying why a certain type of beetle likes to try to mate with a certain kind of bumpy Australian beer bottle. The 2011 Ig Nobel Award winners were declared Thurs in a ceremony presented at Harvard University's Sanders Theatre. Champions of the yearly prize for unlikely scientific research went to such improbable studies as why a particular beetle mates with a specific type of beer bottle and why discus throwers get dizzy from spinning around. Article resource: Ig Nobel Awards honor the wackiest scientific studies of the year