Stem Cells, Brain Repair and Tricks of Light
The Naked Scientists Podcast
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The Igg Nobel Prizes
The Igg Nobels are the alternative Nobel Prizes awarded every year by a foundation in America. The prize for physics has gone to John Mainstone at the University of Queensland, who's been conducting the same experiment since 1927. Claire Rhine of Newcastle University monitored the activity of the brain cells of locusts while the locust was watching Star Wars. And finally... Do people swim faster in syrup or water? These are just great.
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