RESEARCHERS WHO have shown that Coca Cola makes sperm explode, that people will eat stale chips if they find them crunchy and the discovery that dog fleas are able to jump higher than cat fleas have all been honoured at the Ig Nobel Prize awards ceremony.
All the winners are genuine researchers and scientists who have been acknowledged for their bizarre research and findings.
The peace prize this year was given to the Swiss Federal Ethics Committee who has adopted the legal principle that plants have moral standing and dignity, while the economics prize went to researchers in New Mexico who found that lap dancers received bigger tips when they were most fertile.
