Back in September 2024, I wrote about a team of Japanese researchers who were using their brilliance to answer the most pressing question of the modern age: Can we breathe through our butts?
While I don’t believe there is such a thing as bad scientific research that isn’t worth investing in, this one did sound much dumber than most, so much so that it won the Ig Nobel Prize in physiology.
Luckily, my personal belief that legitimate scientific researchers should study darn near every topic because even the silliest research might lead to a genuine scientific breakthrough might prove true.
According to a new study published in the journal Med, that same team of Japanese researchers has completed the world’s first human trial testing the safety of delivering oxygen through your bum in a pr

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