Achievements that first make people laugh and then make them think. That’s the motto of the Ig Nobel Prizes, an annual competition that—parodying the Nobel Prizes—recognizes some of the world’s most unusual scientific studies. The organization Improbable Research has been hosting the event since 1991 with the aim of showing that science also has a
Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. Tools found at an archaeological site near Jubbah, Saudi Arabia (shown here) more closely resemble those crafted by Neanderthals than those made by Homo sapiens, researchers say. (NASA/digitaleye via Alamy) An analysis of stone tools thought
