Stupid Science Tricks: 20 papers in five minutes

Two young women present a list of actual research papers that reads like the nominees for the next Ig Nobel prize. Sex, immaculate conception, plumbing, it’s all in there. Breasts make the list twice (what IS it about boobs?), and cat food and cockroaches also put in an appearance. My absolute fave, though, is the bottlecap-in-the-kneecap one. It really takes talent to fuck up an arthroscopic knee surgery like that!

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