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'Soiled' undies and vicious friends research honoured at Ig Nobels

ABC News

ScienceABC News·Sep 3, 2026·1 min read

'Soiled' undies and vicious friends research honoured at Ig Nobels

Each year, the Ig Nobel prizes celebrate research that makes you laugh, then makes you think. This year's winners include an "underwear index", a cumbersome kissing definition and why we want friends that will happily stab someone in the…

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