The winners of the 2023 Ig Nobel Prize (for unusual and often goofy scientific achievements) include an explanation of why scientists like to lick rocks and “re-animating dead spiders to use as mechanical gripping tools”.
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The winners of the 2023 Ig Nobel Prize (for unusual and often goofy scientific achievements) include an explanation of why scientists like to lick rocks and “re-animating dead spiders to use as mechanical gripping tools”.
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