The secret to longevity is rubbish file keeping

Afternoons

Stockholm has the Nobel Prize, given out to scientists and global leaders who make major contributions to humankind. Boston has the Ig Nobel Prize, as in ignoble, honoring research that makes people laugh, and then makes them think. Among the winners this year is Aussie Dr Saul Newman. His research found that the secret to longevity in the so called Blue Zones of Okinawa Japan and Sardinia Italy isn't in their diets or lifestyle, it's in dodgy record keeping. We'll talk about the truth about Blue Zones and the party atmosphere at the annual Ig Nobel Prize awards.