Are Your Cockroaches Maladjusted? (August 10, 2009)

The avowed purpose of the Ig Nobel awards is stated as: "The Ig Nobel Prizes honour achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think."  The following Research Highlight from the July 30, 2009 issue of Nature refers to work by Mathieu Lihoreau, Loïc Brepsona and Colette Rivault at CNRS - Université de Rennes 1, France. It would appear to be well worth considering: