Physicians got a boat to float in reverse (air was injected under a moving fluid)

For fun, I'd say.
Apparently they wanted to see if constant vertical vibrations could prevent the light air from coming back on top of the fluid.
And then a guy went like "hey guys I got a lil plastic boat, what if we put it in? How do you think it would float?"

This is probably a perfect example of human scientific progress. Scientists: This has interesting applications and could help further our understanding of the universe and what we're capable of doing. That one weird scientists in the back: I've got little boats lets add them for fun. Results: Well look at that. Not only did we learn what we thought we were going to learn but the fact the boat floats raises even more interesting questions.

Exactly!!

Exactly!!