Ig Nobel Awards Reveals Weirdest Studies

The Ig Nobel awards, a spoof Nobel peace prize, recognizes discoveries that “first make people laugh, and then make them think.” This year’s winning study is a World War II effort that involved training pigeons to pilot bombs. Professor Burrhus Frederic Skinner receiving the honor posthumously for his work on Project Pigeon. Other noteworthy studies include: A French study determining if hair on people’s heads swirl differently in different hemispheres; American researchers blowing up a bag next to a cat standing on a cow; and a coin-flipping experiment. Science magazine Annals of Improbable Research bestows the Ig Nobel awards annually. (dailymail.co.uk)