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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. It's a play on words by Edgewize · · Score: 1, Redundant
    Ig Nobel -> ignoble

    Synonyms of ignoble include disgraceful, shameful, and degenerate.
    I'm pretty sure this is not related to the more widely recognized Nobel Prize awards.