Animal shelter raises $11,000 with 450 poorly drawn pets

The animal shelter asked people nationwide to donate and send in pictures of their pets – dogs, cats, even turtles! In exchange, volunteers at the shelter created portraits, and the quality varied wildly, from beautifully detailed to endearingly amateur. These quirky results quickly became popular online as people shared the portraits on social media.

Cows painted as zebras win Ig Nobel Prize for deterring flies

So, I was reading about this really weird study that got an award – it’s called the Ig Nobel Prize, and it’s basically for research that’s funny but also makes you think. They had the 35th annual ceremony recently, on September 18th at Boston University, and it’s run by a magazine called Annals of Improbable Research. It’s always a good time seeing what crazy stuff scientists are figuring out!