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Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony Tonight

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the looking-at-it dept.

Ellen Spertus writes "The Eleventh First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony will be held in Cambridge, MA, on Thursday, Oct. 4, to honor scientific achievements that cannot, or should not, be reproduced. The ceremony, which will be webcast live and broadcast later on Science Friday, is sponsored by The Annals of Improbable Research. The accompanying Ig Informal Lectures will be held Saturday, Oct. 6, at MIT."

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  1. isn't that swedish thing. by brujito · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    isn't that swedish thing. novel price

  2. Heh.... by kinko · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    reminds me of someone's sig I've seen....

    'I hope when I'm gone, people will remember me and say: "I wonder where Kinko got the plutonium from?"'

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    1. Re:Heh.... by glenkim · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Wow, if that's so, this guy must be a role-model for you.

  3. Gone in 60 Seconds by sasha328 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    "A Wedding in 60 Seconds."
    I don't think they'll be signing, it takes too long. I think they'll just finger print the wedding certificates.

    Desides, where is the science in the wedding?

  4. Win-A-Date by baronben · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Did any one see the Win a date with a Nobel Laureate? Wish there was still time to enter, I would finaly be able to relize my dream of Romancing Sheldon Glashow. Oh to have a night with that sexy, sexy man

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  5. Re:Get some PRIORITIES! (OT) by hrieke · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    True. But this is not a board to talk about earthquake aid or other humanitarian help, it about what ever fancies the editors. If you want to start a board on humanitarian aid, please do, and more power to you in doing so.

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  6. The /. Mongerator Awards by squaretorus · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    How about a choice event for the /.ers where the most rediculous moderation gets an award.

    Nominations start NOW! event in a month!

  7. Gone in 60 seconds... by Uttles · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Boy if the wedding is that short I'd sure hate to go on that honeymoon...

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