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2021 Ig Nobel Prize Grab Bag, Part 1

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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Crowd Flow Dynamics

Crowds can become turbulent and chaotic, with people being pushed randomly in different directions. This is similar to how the flow of physical substances like water behave when theyare funnelled into narrower narrower places. The article describes how increasing density in these types of areas can lead to something called stop and go waves. i think about how some of the world's most dangerous whirlpools seem to occur in bottle necks.

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