Annual Prizes Honor the Stranger Side of Science
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If you’ve ever wondered about opera’s effects on mouse heart surgery, or pondered the timing of when cows are likely to get up or lie down, you’re in luck. At the annual IgNobel Prize ceremony, awards go to scientific research that first makes you laugh, then makes you think.
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Marc Abrahams
Marc Abrahams is the editor and co-founder of Annals of Improbable Research and the founder and master of ceremonies for the Ig Nobel Awards Ceremony in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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@cbquistAs Science Friday’s director and senior producer, Charles Bergquist channels the chaos of a live production studio into something sounding like a radio program. Favorite topics include planetary sciences, chemistry, materials, and shiny things with blinking lights.