Saturday, September 26, 2009

The Ignoble prizes are coming


On October 1st, the Ignoble Prize ceremony will be held.


The UK Telegraph has the list, including this informative illustration of one paper..( Photo: POLAR BIOLOGY)
But I don't agree that the research is useless.
Did you know that dog fleas jump higher than cat fleas?

"A Comparison of Jump Performances of the Dog Flea, Ctenocephalides canis (Curtis, 1826) and the Cat Flea, Ctenocephalides felis felis (Bouche, 1835)," Veterinary Parasitology, 2000

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