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Research of this importance is deserving of an ig-Nobel prize.
by trothamel 9y ago
Research of this importance is deserving of an ig-Nobel prize.
- raverbashing 9y agoWe need an AI chirality analyser from webcam data
- DaiPlusPlus 9y agoWe now need to determine the spin direction of buttered toast.
- yesenadam 9y agoThat field met its Einstein with Chris Smith's epochal 2013 work. Google "chris smith manchester toast" and persevere longer than I did to find the paper the newspaper stories are talking about.
- tempodox 9y agoThe spin direction is such that it will land on the buttered side if let fall.
- Theodores 9y agoI think that these observations are important. Imagine if some cats did have a preference for sleeping on one side rather than the other, 'clockwise' rather than 'anti-clockwise'. Why would that be, and why would nobody have noticed until now? There must be important evolutionary benefits to sleeping on each side an equal amount, more study is definitely needed.
- raattgift 9y agoI'm reminded of the question of whether cattle prefer to stand aligned north-south: https://www.nature.com/news/the-mystery-of-the-magnetic-cows-1.9350 https://www.nature.com/news/the-mystery-of-the-magnetic-cows...