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Ig Nobels: Scientists win for putting pants on rats and other weird science experiments
Description
September 23, 2016
A Swede who wrote a trilogy about collecting bugs, an Egyptian doctor who put pants on rats to study their sex lives and a British researcher who lived like an animal have been named winners of the Ig Nobels, the annual spoof prizes for quirky scientific achievement.
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Ig Nobels: Scientists win for putting pants on rats and other weird science experiments
Description
September 23, 2016
A Swede who wrote a trilogy about collecting bugs, an Egyptian doctor who put pants on rats to study their sex lives and a British researcher who lived like an animal have been named winners of the Ig Nobels, the annual spoof prizes for quirky scientific achievement.
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