Well, not the kind of candy you buy in a sweets shop. Rather, they like fruit, which is rich in sugar. “We call it nature’s candy,” says Wei Gordon, a biologist at Menlo College. She was catching ...

While nearly every scientist dreams of one day winning a Nobel Prize, few ever do. But even fewer will dream of winning the awards' much sillier cousin — the Ig Nobel Prizes, which were awarded to 41 ...