The not-so-obvious obvious
If your job requires you to pore through a dozen or two scientific papers every month – as mine does – you'll start to notice a few every now and then couching a somewhat well-known fact in study-…
Marc Abrahams
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From unboiling eggs to the effects of intense kissing, IgNobel Prizes reward good ol' curiosity
The year's IgNobel Awards were held on September 17, and rewarded research that defines a kind of excellence that still impacts society without managing the sobriety of character that often bags t…