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Humour in science
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The list Humour in science includes
Polly Matzinger, Ba humbugi, Aha ha, Han (trilobite) and F. D. C. Willard.
The list consists of 9 members
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Polly Matzinger
American immunologist
Overview: Polly Celine Eveline Matzinger (born July 21, 1947 in La Seyne, France) is an immunologist who proposed the danger model theory of how the immune system works. In 2002, Discover magazine recognized Ma ...
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Cneoridium dumosum (Nuttall) Hooker F. Collected March 26, 1960, at an Elevation of about 1450 Meters on Cerro Quemazón, 15 Miles South of Bahía de Lo
1962 five-word scholarly article
Overview: "Cneoridium dumosum (Nuttall) Hooker F. Collected March 26, 1960, at an Elevation of about 1450 Meters on Cerro Quemazón, 15 Miles South of Bahía de Los Angeles, Baja California, México, Apparently for ... 0
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Ba humbugi
Species of mollusc
Overview: Ba humbugi is the only species and therefore the type species in the genus Ba, a genus of land snail, belonging to the family Charopidae. Both the genus and the species were named by the American mala ... 0
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F. D. C. Willard
Cat cited as an author in scientific journalsOverview: F. D. C. Willard (c.–1982) was the pen name of a Siamese cat named Chester, who internationally published under this name on physics in scientific journals, once as a co-author and another time as the ... 0
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Journal of Irreproducible Results
Magazine of science humorOverview: The Journal of Irreproducible Results (JIR) is a magazine of science humor. JIR was founded in Israel in 1955 by virologist Alexander Kohn and physicist Harry J. Lipkin, who wanted a humor magazine about ... 0
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Aha ha
Species of wasp
Overview: Aha ha is a species of Australian wasp, named by the entomologist Arnold Menke in 1977 as a joke. Menke described several years after its discovery how, when he received a package from a colleague con ... 0
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Han (trilobite)
Extinct genus of trilobites
Overview: Han is a monotypic genus of agnostid trilobite, whose sole member is Han solo. The type specimen of H. solo was found in marine strata of the Arenig to Llanvirn-aged Zitai Formation of Middle Ordovician ... 0
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Ig Nobel Prize
Annually awarded parody of the Nobel Prize
Overview: The Ig Nobel Prize ( IG-noh-BEL) is a satiric prize awarded annually since 1991 to celebrate ten unusual or trivial achievements in scientific research, its stated aim being to "honor achievements that ... 0
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Umma gumma
Species of damselflyOverview: Umma gumma is a species of damselfly in the family Calopterygidae. The genus name was established in 1890 and this species described in 2015 from Africa was found to belong to the genus. The species was ... 0
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