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If you think that finding out why woodpeckers don't get headaches is a burning need, you'll be glad to know that two guys who actually did find out have won an international prize, given at Harvard University no less. It was one of many Ig Nobel awards recently given to scientists who have labored to answer questions nobody asked or who have perfected gadgets nobody needs. According to newspaper accounts, the Ig Nobel awards are the brainchild of a magazine called Annals of Improbable Research, which sounds like a joke itself but apparently is for real. The seriousness of the Ig Nobel program is emphasized by the fact that the awards are presented by actual winners of Nobel prizes, the real McCoy from Stockholm. I bring this useless news to your attention so you will stop saying that geniuses tend to be humorless. Not even the maddest scientist could keep a straight face upon learning that among the Ig Nobel winners this year are apparently genuine medical researchers who...
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