IgNobel prize WINNER: You might have a better time saving your spare change if you REALLY need to pee.

This year’s IgNobel prize in Medicine goes to TWO studies, one of which I knew I would enjoy based entirely on the running title. The running title is, when you read a scientific paper, the few words at the top or bottom to remind you of which paper it is exactly that you’re reading (useful mostly when you’re flipping through a journal, but also with surprising uses in remembering what exactly you’re supposed to be learning about when you’re ten pages into a huge review). The running title of this one is “inhibitory spillover”.

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IgNobel prize WINNER: You might have a better time saving your spare change if you REALLY need to pee.