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7 award-winning scientific studies that are too weird to believe

Kelly DickersonOct 6, 2015, 01:21 IST

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The Nobel Prize is perhaps the most coveted recognition for scientific achievement in the world.

But the lesser known "Ig Nobel" is an award that scientists get for unusual, surprising, or just downright strange research.

As a parody of the Nobel Prize, the Ig Nobels "are intended to celebrate the unusual, honor the imaginative - and spur people's interest in science, medicine, and technology," according to the Ig Nobel website.

This year's prizes were announced Sept. 17. Here are seven scientific studies that received the dubious honor this year.