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04 Oct 08 - 07:01 AM (#2456989) Subject: BS: Agitation at IgNobel Awards From: Emma B The annual Ig Nobel awards were presented last night Previous prizes have been awarded to researchers who discovered that Viagra helps hamsters overcome jet-lag, studied how sheets wrinkle, and uncovered homosexual necrophiliac behaviour in the mallard duck. However, there was agitation over the chemistry prize; this year awarded jointly to rival teams -- one from the United States which determined Coca-Cola to be an effective spermicide and one from Taiwan which proved it is not. The medicine prize went to Dan Ariely of Duke University for demonstrating that high-priced fake medicine is more effective than low-priced fake medicine. Other winners included research into how to make potato crisps sound fresher when eaten, a paper on training amoeba to solve puzzles and the literature prize for the paper "You Bastard: A Narrative Exploration of the Experience of Indignation within Organizations." Hey! it makes a change from all those repetitive Palin threads :) |
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05 Oct 08 - 03:12 AM (#2457501) Subject: RE: BS: The IgNobel Awards - again From: Dave Hanson 'es a good lad that Mike Palin, 'es from Sheffield tha knows. eric |
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05 Oct 08 - 12:29 PM (#2457728) Subject: RE: BS: The IgNobel Awards - again From: Mrrzy Blicky |
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06 Oct 08 - 10:23 AM (#2458385) Subject: RE: BS: The IgNobel Awards - again From: Paul Burke Visit Improbable Reasearch, the home of the Ig Nobels. |