'Prizewinners' announced in 2019 Ig Nobels

By Mark Pratt
Updated September 13 2019 - 9:53am, first published 9:46am
Winners of the 2019 Ig Nobels have received their awards at Harvard University.
Winners of the 2019 Ig Nobels have received their awards at Harvard University.

A study which suggested that training surgeons is as easy as training dolphins or dogs has earned a 2019 Ig Nobel, the annual Nobel Prize spoof that rewards weird, odd and sometimes head-scratching scientific discoveries.