2010 Ig Nobel Winners Announced

Velcroman1 writes "Having trouble breathing? Try riding a roller-coaster. Really. A pair of Dutch researchers who discovered that the symptoms of asthma can be treated with a roller-coaster ride are among this year's winners of the Ig Nobel awards, the infamous annual tribute to scientific research that seems wacky — but also has real world applications. FoxNews.com has interviews with several award winners, who are all ecstatic to win, despite the fact that they're all gently being poked fun at."

Comments

Asthma is cured while you are on a roller coaster

[Meshach]

That should cover three minutes twice a year.

Re:Asthma is cured while you are on a roller coast

[LostCluster]

I can't wait to see this added to the Six Flags health plan.

Another myth busted

[oldhack]

Plainly, women are no longer underrepresented in science and whatnot. Look up the winners' names.

Re:Fox News! Burn it! Burn it with fire!

[cavePrisoner]

Since you mention it, they incorrectly state that the economics prize was awarded "for determining by experiment that microbes cling to bearded scientists." I guess it was a copy and paste error, since that is the same listing they have for the public health award directly above it. If you want to be paranoid (realistic?--I can't even tell anymore) about it, you could say the mistake was made intentionally to avoid publishing how the award poked fun at Wall Street's creative investment schemes.

Re:Slime Molds

[MichaelSmith]

I'm glad to see the use of slime molds to study transport networks on there.

Sounds like an ideal model for Melbourne drivers.

Slime Molds and Traffic

[zooblethorpe]

DC, too -- being stuck on 395 at rush hour sure makes a slime mold look like a speed demon.

Cheers,

Re:Woah missread

[BluBrick]

Even slashdot isn't that sloppy. Don't be an idiot.

You must be new here, Mr. Coward.

Re:I am surprised to hear

[inode_buddha]

Maybe next year they'll demonstrate bat-kkake. But I don't plan to watch that vid.