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October 2, 2009

The Latest IgNobility

cross-posted at MetaFilter (because I can).

This year’s winners of the Ig Nobel prizes are a bumper crop of wild and crazy SCIENCE!, featuring sword-swallowing, knuckle-cracking, benefits of cow-naming, pregnant women NOT tipping over, a household use for giant panda poop (take that, Packham), diamonds made from tequila, a brassiere that can be used as TWO gas masks, “Ireland’s Worst Driver”, Icelandic banks, Zimbabwean currency, and a ‘Peace Prize’ earned by hitting people over the heads with beer bottles (and comparing the effects of empty vs. full bottles) (related inquiry)

AND NOW A WORD FROM SOMEBODY WHO MAY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF ME...