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The 2017 Ig Nobel Awards: Cats Flow Like Liquids and Didgeridoos Stop Snoring
September 14, 2017 | CountdownThe Ig Nobel Awards honor science that first makes you laugh and then makes you think. This year was full of silly science, from the ability of cats to flow like liquids to the reason you shouldn't smile at a crocodile, if you're a gambler, and more.
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Watch LIVE @ 5:40 p.m. ET: 2017 Ig Nobel Awards
September 14, 2017 | ArticleThe 27th Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony is tonight (Sept. 14), and you can watch it live, beginning at 5:40 p.m. ET.
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Expect the Unexpected at the 2017 Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony
September 14, 2017 | ArticleToday (Sept. 14), prizes known as the Ig Nobels honor unconventional research that "first makes people laugh, and then makes them think."
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Monster 'Fatberg': 143 Tons of Grease and Garbage Clog UK Sewer
September 12, 2017 | ArticleSewer workers in London will spend three weeks dismantling a rock-hard mass of grease and garbage called a "fatberg."
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How Do You Weigh an Atom?
September 11, 2017 | ArticleYou can't use a scale, but there's another method for weighing an atom.
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That's Cold! Molecules Cooled to a Shade Above Absolute Zero
September 11, 2017 | ArticleA single molecule of calcium monofluoride was cooled to a hair's breadth above absolute zero.
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Huge Jelly Blobs Spotted Off Norway Coast: What Are They?
September 07, 2017 | ArticleGiant, gelatinous spheres are appearing in shallow waters off western Norway.
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Fire Ants Make Themselves into Rafts to Float to Safety in Houston
August 29, 2017 | ArticleWhen floods hit, fire ants float to safety on rafts made out of their own bodies.
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Flooding Could Free 350 Gators at Texas Sanctuary
August 29, 2017 | ArticleRising floodwaters in southeast Texas could spell big trouble for an alligator sanctuary in Beaumont that houses more than 350 American alligators on its property.
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Mysterious Chemical Cloud Sickens Scores at British Beaches
August 29, 2017 | ArticleA mysterious chemical cloud descended on beaches in England on Sunday (Aug. 27), according to news reports, and authorities are still puzzling over what caused it and why it sickened more than 100 people.
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