Every year, just before the real Nobel Prizes are announced, the Ig Nobels are announced in a spoof of the more famous awards. This year's Ig Nobel winners include researchers who studied how to partially unboil an egg, timed the bladder elimination duration of mammals, determined that every language has an equivalent of "huh?" and determined the body parts on which it most painful to be stung (nostril, upper lip and penis shaft).
The real Nobels will be announced early next month.