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Painting zebra stripes on cows to fend off flies, lizards' favorite pizza toppings and how booze helps you speak another ...

One of the oldest and most enduring debates in world literary thought concerns the role of literature in society.

The Ig Nobels were founded in 1991 by Marc Abrahams, editor of satirical magazine Annals of Improbable Research. Previous ...

Like its theme, “digestion,” the 35th Ig Nobel prizes will make you laugh and think hard to digest the meaning of all the ...