The world still holds many unanswered questions. But thanks to the efforts of the research teams awarded the IG Nobel Prize on Thursday, some of these questions – which you might not even have ...

Here's who won this year's Women's Prize fiction and nonfiction awards from a shortlist that included Miranda July and Elizabeth Strout.

The prize was awarded to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their discovery of microRNA, which helps determine how cells develop and function.