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2021 Ig Nobel Prize Grab Bag, Part 1

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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How to Design a Better Environment for People to Walk in a Crowd

Researchers in Switzerland have studied the movement patterns of pedestrians. They found that when people are not distracted, they tend to move in groups. This can be used by architects and designers to design better ways for people to walk through crowds. The research was published in a magazine called physics.

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