What will happen if you give alligator helium and make it shout? These scientists did just that, and they received an award. The team of researchers put an alligator in a helium-filled box and made it shout.
An international team received the Economics award after experimenting with quantifying the relationship between different countries' national income inequality and the mouth-to-mouth kissing's average amount.
On the other hand, Richard Vetter, an American researcher, got the entomology prize after gathering proof that many scientists studying insects are afraid of spiders. The medicine award was given to a Dutch-Belgian team that diagnosed a long-unrecognized medical condition called "Misophonia," the distress at hearing other people's chewing sounds while eating.
"The Ig Nobel Prizes honor achievements that make people laugh, then think," wrote the organizers on their website.
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Written by: Giuliano de Leon.
