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The Ig Nobel prizes are organized by the science
magazine Annals of Improbable Research. Wikipedia says: "The Ig Nobel Prize is a satirical prize awarded
since 1991 to celebrate ten unusual or
achievements in scientific research." It added: "The
of the award is a pun on the Nobel Prize, which it parodies, and on the
ignoble (not noble)." Other
of this year's award studied the bacteria in chewing
stuck to pavements, conducted tests on
of cat communication, and carried out research on whether humans evolved to grow beards to protect
from punches to the face. All award winners receive a now-defunct Zimbabwean $10 trillion
.
