Weirdest review comment on a grant yet 😂

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Ever wondered how caffeine contamination influences the behaviour of aquatic invertebrates? Check out our new paper in Biology Letters showing that caffeine pollution makes freshwater shrimp more active and less-well protected against predators. royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article...

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The IgNobel for Biomechanics goes to @matildabrindle.bsky.social, @stuwest.bsky.social and C. Talbot for a precise definition of kissing (provided in the comment below). That's well and good, but I think Dr Brindle's work on non-reproductive sex behaviours should be getting an IgNobel too. 🧪💋

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Over the moon 🌝 to be awarded an Ig Nobel for our work on the evolution of kissing 💋, with dream team @stuwest.bsky.social & Kate Talbot! Here's our *very serious* acceptance speech. Come for the science, stay for the human-Neanderthal snogging action: tinyurl.com/34k9773v (~34 mins).

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Six years in the making — Your Nuts is out today! 🥜📚 A frank, funny and evidence-based look at testicles, sperm, male fertility and reproductive health — and what the science really tells us. Paperback • Hardback • eBook www.fiachpress.com

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