Work on sex life of rats, life as a badger honored at Ig Nobel Prizes

Atsugi Higashiyama of Japan accepts the 2016 Ig Nobel Prize in Perception for 'investigating whether things look different when you bend over and view them between your legs' during the 26th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. September 22, 2016. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Scientific research into how polyester pants affect the sex life of rats, what it's like for a human to live like a badger and how different the world looks when viewed through your legs was honored at this year's Ig Nobel spoof awards.

The group also took a dig at Volkswagen AG, lauding it in chemistry for engineering its vehicles to produce fewer emissions "whenever the cars are being tested."