Scientists Planted 2,000 Pairs of Underwear in the Dirt. It Revealed a Lot About the Health of Our Planet.
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A urinal that doesn't splash and the best way to blow your nose. These are some of the research advances that are being rewarded with the alternative Nobel Prize, Ig Nobel.
Soil researcher Marcel van der Heijden (55) received an Ig Nobel Prize this year for an experiment in which he had thousands of pairs of underwear...
A urinal that doesn't splash and the best way to blow your nose. These are some of the research advances that are being rewarded with the alternative Nobel Prize, Ig Nobel.
Why did Swiss soil scientists bury 2,000 pairs of underwear?
An unconventional citizen science project, led by the University of Zurich and Agroscope, aimed to gain a better understanding of the activity of soil organisms.The speed at which underpants decomposed indicated activity in the soilSwiss scientists have drawn up a map of soil health across the country using the results of an experiment involving members of the public burying cotton underpants. Soil is the foundation of the world’s food supply, s…
Swiss scientists buried 2 thousand cotton underwear across the country in order to test the biological structure of the soil. The disintegration rate of the removed fabrics after 2 months revealed the huge difference in soil quality. 🚆
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