Everyone knows about the Nobel Prizes, which are awarded to the people whose achievements have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind in the previous
London (CNN) — How do you feel when you read the same word many, many, many times? Do people have an equal number of hairs in both their nostrils? Does
Japan-based researchers won the Ig Nobel Prize in Nutrition and Education this year, continuing a trend of Japanese success in the Nobel Prize parodies that honor “research that makes people laugh and then think.”
How do you feel when you read the same word many times? Do people have an equal number of hairs in both their nostrils? Does electrifying your tongue change the taste of the food you are eating? These were among the vital questions answered by the winners of this year’s Ig Nobel Prizes.