A team of scientists from India, China, Malaysia and the US has won this year’s Ig Nobels.
This prize is awarded for humorous scientific feats, in the mechanical engineering category for its study of repurposing dead spiders to be used in gripping tools.
The Ig Nobel Prize is a parody of the Nobel Prize, awarded for unconventional and humorous scientific achievements.
It aims to make people laugh and then think about the peculiar aspects of science.
Unlike the Nobel Prize, which honor significant intellectual accomplishments, the Ig Nobel Prize celebrates the quirky and offbeat side of research.