Science Ig-Nobels announced

It is difficult to judge exactly where the scientific world would be without Bernard Vonnegut8217;s seminal study on 8216;8216;Chicken Plucking as a Measure of Tornado Wind Speed.8217;8217;8212;ground breaking research may have languished in undeserved obscurity but for Marc Abrahams, founder of the prize for achievements that 8216;8216;cannot or should not be reproduced8217;8217;.

A gathering of genuine Nobel laureates will present the awards at the 15th Ig Nobel ceremony to be held on Thursday at Harvard University. Previous winners include authors of landmark reports on the impact of country music on suicide, the use of magnets to levitate frogs, and the effect of beer, garlic and soured cream on the appetite of leeches.