Artwork
iconShare
 
Manage episode 515361989 series 3345817
Content provided by Dr. Tom Jenks and Mitchell Gatting, Dr. Tom Jenks, and Mitchell Gatting. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Dr. Tom Jenks and Mitchell Gatting, Dr. Tom Jenks, and Mitchell Gatting or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://staging.podcastplayer.com/legal.

This week we dive into the wonderfully weird world of the Ig Nobel Prizes — celebrating research that makes you laugh, then think. But first, as always, we take the scenic route: detouring through music, coffee philosophy, and the art of the perfect cheese toastie before actually getting to the science.

We explore whether painted cows can really fend off flies, how physics explains why cacio e pepe sauce clumps, what happens when scientists get bats drunk on purpose, and how narcissists react when you tell them they’re geniuses (or not).

Between aviation, physics, psychology, and literature, this one’s equal parts silly and smart — the episode where science meets stupidity in the best possible way.

Music: HOME – AWAY

  continue reading

175 episodes