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The Ig Nobel prizes, which honor projects “that make people laugh, and then think,” this year went to researchers studying the physics of urination, the diagnostic capability of speedbumps, and the pain of bee stings on various parts of the body, among other topics. Ten awards were given to 12 research teams during a sold-out ceremony at Harvard University last week (September 17). The awardees also presented a series of public lectures, in which they explained their research in five minutes or less, at MIT on September 19.
Among the 2015 awardees are two groups jointly receiving an Ig Nobel ...
