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Watch the Ig Nobel Prizes live
Support the Australian contingent as the quirkiest pursuits of science are celebrated.
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Aussies win Ig Nobel with stargazing beetles
Beetles win Aussies an Ig Nobel Prize for studies that “first make you laugh and then make you think”.
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Butterfly inspires nanodevice
Butterfly wings have inspired the design of a tiny crystal that could make telecommunications faster.
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Garlic wards off vampire-like parasites
Garlic can help fish avoid fanged, vampire-like parasites, a new study has found.
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Dingoes cleared of mainland extinctions
Dingoes didn’t wipe out mainland thylacines and Tasmanian devils, a study has found.
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Ryan Campbell lands world solo-flight record
Nineteen-year-old Ryan Campbell has become the youngest person to fly solo around the world.
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New ‘walking’ shark discovered
A new bamboo shark species that uses its fins to ‘walk’ across the sea floor has been discovered in Indonesia.
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Freeze-dried sperm creates endangered animal ‘ark’
Scientists are hoping a new sperm-storing technique could help save threatened species.