An experiment that showed the felicitous effects of listening to Italian opera for mice after a heart transplant was among the winners at this year's Ig Nobel Prize ceremony.This is the 23rd year for the award, sponsored by the science humor magazine Annals of Improbable Research and given out to honor weird and humorous scientific discoveries. The winners come from all over the world to attend the ceremony. The event also had a live webcast, with watching parties catching the action in Paris, Atlanta, Raleigh, N.C., and beyond.
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