The 2022 Ig Nobel Prizes, Part 1

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In 1991, the editor of a satirical science journal launched an award for the scientifically ridiculous (and ridiculed), the Ig Nobel Prize. Learn how it all got started and some of the early tech-related prize winners!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

On today’s episode: A breakthrough in our understanding of preeclampsia! And we celebrate the weird fringes of science by looking at this year’s Ig Nobel Prizes. All that and more today on All Around Science...

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