Strange reviews at Amazon: Scientists are turning products around
Scientists are currently trolling Amazon reviews under the hashtag #reviewforscience. We show you the best reviews and craziest things that scientists have done with normal products on this page.
Amazon Reviews: Funny reviews from scientists
- These tea filters have done a great job for scientist John Birch, who used them to separate ant colonies.
- Because the holes in the sieve are just the right size so that the ants of one colony fail and those of another do not.
Body massager at Amazon - only for science
- This "body massager" is a highlight for scientists. For example, because the different vibration levels can simulate the movements of insects that are stuck in a network, explains a researcher on Twitter. Everything for science ...
- By the way, vibrators are probably something of an all-rounder for scientists: another scientist uses them to fertilize spider eggs. A slippery affair ...
Fryer at Amazon: Not only suitable for french fries
- What scientists do with this deep-frying sieve should surprise the manufacturer: According to a scientist on Twitter, paradise fish can be fed excellently with it.
- It awards 5 out of 5 stars. However, it is unclear whether she fried the fish after her research.
Amazon review: condoms for science
- While one scientist uses a vibrator for scientific purposes, another spends the research budget for Trojan condoms. According to the review, the condoms made of natural rubber are ideally suited to build one-way valves in a non-rebreathing mask system of a physiology laboratory. The review is supplemented by the note that unlubricated condoms would not be so suitable for this. How did he find out?
- Other scientists also work with condoms during their working hours - for example, to feed them to spiders.
The gasoline canister failed the scientists
- Not all Amazon products are rated positively: This petrol can has not been well received by scientists.
- Although it would fit pretty well in the hand, it was completely unsuitable for storing cow blood.
Nail polish in the rainforest - for science
- What is a no-go at the jungle camp is a must-have for some scientists in the jungle: nail polish. The researcher Aerin Jacob reports on her Twitter page.
- With the clear nail polish, you can recognize and suck off super pests on fly puppets. Colored nail polish is better for longer-term observations.
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