Buried underwear shows land use is key to soil health


This could win the Ig-Noble prize!

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This could win the Ig-Noble prize!


It did!

IG NOBEL SOIL SCIENCE PRIZE 2026 [SWITZERLAND, THE NETHERLANDS, GERMANY]
Franz Bender, Marcel van der Heijden, Atlant Bieri, and Pia Viviani, for burying 1000 identical pairs of underpants in more than 25 countries, and then digging them up after two months.

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