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Totally unnecessary invention! The twin mantras of 'Whoever smelt it, dealt it' and 'Whoever denies it, supplied it' have served me well over the years
Totally unnecessary invention! The twin mantras of 'Whoever smelt it, dealt it' and 'Whoever denies it, supplied it' have served me well over the years
The Pineapple Prizes are organised by Guokr.com, a Chinese popular science publication that named the award after the fruit which in China is said to be so ugly that only the brave and curious would explore its delicious interior. The prizes therefore look for discoveries that are both useful and amusing.
This year that approach saw Li Jigong of Tianjin University take out the Physics prize for a device Chinese state media says “not only solves the mystery of who farted, but provides a way to locate the source of any odor through the complex dynamics of air.”
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