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Title: 2013 IgNobel awards
Post by: Glitch Girl on September 13, 2013, 04:33:38 PM
Putting the "Mad" back in science, the IgNobels are the yearly science prizes for research into the strange and often the ludicrous. 

Coverage on IO9 (http://tinyurl.com/ovcv55c) (warning: title includes name of male body part)

Loved the Safety Engineering Prize winner, the Peace prize boggles the mind, and The Blonsky Device makes me cringe just thinking about it.

And personally I think the Oscars could do with a Miss Sweetie Poo.
Title: Re: 2013 IgNobel awards
Post by: Reepicheep on September 13, 2013, 04:40:49 PM
This makes me happy. So very happy.
Title: Re: 2013 IgNobel awards
Post by: Uncle Yuan on September 14, 2013, 02:00:20 PM
Other than a somewhat titter evoking topic, I'm not sure why the Public Health award was given to the group from Siam.  From the brief description it seems to be a valid, and honestly medically significant, report.
Title: Re: 2013 IgNobel awards
Post by: Epimethee on September 14, 2013, 05:13:25 PM
My opera-singing wife obviously enjoyed the medicine prize.

Quote from: Uncle Yuan on September 14, 2013, 02:00:20 PM
Other than a somewhat titter evoking topic, I'm not sure why the Public Health award was given to the group from Siam.  From the brief description it seems to be a valid, and honestly medically significant, report.
Isn't that the point of the Ig: zany yet valid research?

(Obviously, the peace prize doesn't quite follow the same criteria...)
Title: Re: 2013 IgNobel awards
Post by: stumpy on September 17, 2013, 02:04:50 PM
Quote from: Glitch Girl on September 13, 2013, 04:33:38 PMAnd personally I think the Oscars could do with a Miss Sweetie Poo.

This! Or, perhaps, just a straight up ban on thanking anyone during an Academy Awards acceptance speech.
Title: Re: 2013 IgNobel awards
Post by: thalaw2 on September 18, 2013, 02:15:27 AM
Well, no more being around live ducks for me without proper protection.