"As part of the Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony, four of the world’s great
thinkers were invited to give 24/7 Lectures. Each 24/7 Lecture was on an
assigned topic. The lecturer was asked to explain that topic twice:
FIRST,
a complete technical description in TWENTY-FOUR (24) SECONDS; and THEN a
clear summary that anyone could understand in SEVEN (7) WORDS."
Here's one example:
Lecturer: Patty Brennan (Evolutionary Biologist and Behavioral
Ecologist, specializing in the morphological evolution of reproductive
structures)
Complete technical description in TWENTY-FOUR (24) SECONDS:
“In
many species of ducks, males often fail to attract a mate, so they
resort to forcing copulations on females. Males can sexually force
females because their penis functions with an explosive eversion
mechanism that quickly and forcefully inseminates females despite their
resistance. Females, however, have co-evolved vaginas with dead ends and
spirals that prevent full penis eversion when she is not receptive.”
[Time called by the Referee]
Clear summary that anyone can understand, in SEVEN (7) WORDS:
“Deviant duck dicks foiled by fabulous vaginas.”
The other three (clock genes, time, fluid dynamics) are posted at
Neatorama.
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