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Why a drunk worm made science history – Ballina Shire Advocate
How a drunk vibrating worm landed Australia a global science prize
Who knew vibrating a slightly inebriated earthworm on a subwoofer speaker in a backyard shed could land Australia one of the worlds most sought after science prizes.But it did.
And it may also radically change scientists’ understanding of how the brain functions, and how to interact with it.
Harvard University has been running its global Ig Nobel Awards (for improbable research) for almost three decades with entrants told to “first make people laugh, and then make them think.”
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