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It's Monday, September 16, 2024.

And we begin with proof that even serious science

has a sense of humor.

A team of Japanese researchers just took home an Ig-Noble Award

for discovering that some animals can breathe

through their butts. Funny, yes, but the finding could someday have big

implications for people in respiratory failure.

Not to be confused with a highly prestigious Nobel Prizes,

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