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What does the realignment of the big NCAA conferences tell us about the future of college sports? NPR's Daniel Estrin talks to Daniel Libit, a reporter at Sportico.

Remember the guy who built a special suit to live like a goat? He, too, won an Ig Nobel this year. The prize celebrates eccentric, often amusing research and accomplishments.

Florida State University has filed a lawsuit in an effort to end its 30-year relationship with the Atlantic Coast Conference in its hopes of joining another conference.

The Ig Nobel Prizes honor scientific research that, in the words of Master of Ceremonies Marc Abrahams, "first makes you laugh, and then makes you think." This year's prizes, awarded in late September, include citations for research into mysteriously green hair, potentially explosive colonoscopies, and the creation of equations that model the back-and-forth swing of a ponytail in motion.

The Ig Nobel awards celebrate work that makes people think and laugh. Among this year's other winners are researchers who discovered that if a cow lies down it will likely soon stand up.

Michel Martin talks with former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales about the Justice Department Inspector General's report on political bias in the department during the 2016 presidential campaign.

The Justice Department watchdog's long-awaited asteroid finally struck. Some big questions were answered, but many remain.

The decision covers eight neutral-site championships in sports ranging from women's soccer to swimming and diving and from football to golf and baseball.

This year's prizes honored, among others, the brave researcher who subjected himself to 200 bee stings to determine where it was most painful.

Awards were handed out Thursday night for scientific research that might be a bit off the beaten track. The goal is to make people laugh -- and think.