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Science that makes you laugh and then makes you think

June 27, 2017June 20, 2017Oxford Psychology Team
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Every September, a special event takes place at Harvard University. Scientists gather in the Sanders Theatre for the Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony. If you haven’t come across this before then check it out. The Ig Nobels are like real Nobel prizes except that they are given to science that makes you laugh and then makes you think. At […]

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