Weird Science

The 2003 winners of the Ig Nobel Prize for scientific achivements that 'cannot or should not be reproduced' were named yesterday. Honorees included ergonomics expert John Culvenor, who presided over a study entitled 'An Analysis of the Forces Required to Drag Sheep Over Various Surfaces,' and zoologist C.W. Moeliker, lauded for documenting the first recorded case of homosexual necrophilia in mallard ducks. [Listen to the 2003 Ig Nobel Ceremony (RealAudio).]