A scientist has let bees sting him repeatedly in 25 different body locations. The idea was to map out the most sensitive areas of the body to bee stings.
Like the Ig Nobel Prize, researchers behind high-impact studies that at first seemed obscure have been honored in another round of prizes: the Golden Goose awards.
A Swedish research team has won a coveted "Ig Nobel" prize - awarded by Harvard University for quirky discoveries "that make people laugh and then think" - for finding dung beetles can navigate their way home in the dark using the Milky Way as a guide.