From: Irish Times

A weird and wonderful world of discovery

Irish Times:

HAVE YOU ever read about a piece of health- related research and wondered what on Earth possessed anyone to ask that question in the first place?

There’s often method to the seeming madness of the quirkier studies, but it’s fun every so often to sit and gather these gems into one spot and marvel at their bizarre qualities.

The Ig Nobel awards is usually a good place to go hunting for oddities – the annual prizes celebrate improbable research that makes you laugh and then think.

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