Abrahams, Master of ceremonies and editor of the Annals of Improbable Research, holds a prize at the 24th First Annual Ig Nobel Prizes awards ceremony at Harvard University in Cambridge

Abrahams, Master of ceremonies and editor of the Annals of Improbable Research, holds a prize at the 24th First Annual Ig Nobel Prizes awards ceremony at Harvard University in Cambridge

Marc Abrahams, Master of ceremonies and editor of the Annals of Improbable Research, holds one of this year’s prizes at the 24th First Annual Ig Nobel Prizes awards ceremony at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts September 18, 2014. The annual prizes, meant to entertain and encourage global research and innovation, are awarded by the Annals of Improbable Research as a whimsical counterpoint to the Nobel Prizes which will be announced next month. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES – Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION SOCIETY)