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The control of cockroaches on submarines, the language of cats, the link between obesity and corruption in politics. These are just some of the research awarded with the Ig Nobel 2021 by the American magazine Annals of Improbable Research because “they make you laugh first and then reflect”. In an online ceremony, instead of in the Harvard University theater as is traditional due to Covid-19, ten real Nobel laureates presented the Ig Nobel to 12 scientists, economists, doctors and computer scientists who, driven by curiosity, succeeded to make amazing and fun discoveries.
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