Ig Nobels celebrate ponytail math, shut up gun
Koji Tsukada shows off his tongue-tying sound machine, the Speech Jammer.
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If you’ve ever wondered what makes your ponytail sway from side to side, you’re not alone. Researchers who unraveled the mysterious math behind human ponytails have been recognized with an Ig Nobel prize for their contribution to science.
As I predicted they would back in February, Joseph Keller, Raymond Goldstein, Patrick Warren, and Robin Ball took home the humorous accolade for their study in Physical Review Letters, which describes a hairy equation governing…
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