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Briefing Chat: How 1,000 pairs of buried underpants helped measure soil health
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Nature's Benjamin Thompson and Maren Hunsberger discuss research recognised by the 2026 Ig Nobel prizes, including a soil-health experiment, and examine an intriguing signal from a xenon-based dark-matter experiment. Published on 4 September 2026, this episode connects environmental measurement with particle-physics news.
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2026 Ig Nobel prizessoil-health experimentenvironmental measurementxenon-based dark-matter experimentnatureBenjamin ThompsonMaren Hunsberger
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