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October 11, 2011Tess Nacelewicz

Recently, there's been announcement after announcement about who has won a Nobel Prize. But each year those awards are being given out, a science humor magazine called the Annals of Improbable Research runs its own “Ig Nobel” prize contest for scientific achievements that “first make people laugh, then make them think.” And this year, a wasabi fire alarm earned the top spot among 10 honorees. It made me laugh and think, so I thought I'd share the news with you. And Popular...

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