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Dutch Soil Scientist Wins Ig Nobel Prize for Underwear Burial Experiment
A researcher from the Netherlands has been awarded the Ig Nobel Prize for conducting a long-term field study on soil biodegradation using 1,000 buried pairs of underwear. The unconventional experiment highlighted practical insights into environmental decomposition processes.
4 Sept, 07:44 — 4 Sept, 08:01
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Dutch soil scientist wins Ig Nobel for burying 1,000 underpants
A Dutch scientist has won the Ig Nobel prize for conducting a study that involved burying around 1,000 pairs of...
By Louis Gore-Langton
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Dutch scientist wins Ig Nobel prize with 1,000 buried pairs of underpants
A Dutch scientist has been awarded an Ig Nobel Prize for burying over 2,000 pairs of white cotton underwear.
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