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The Ig Nobels Are Tonight

Posted by timothy on from the much-much-thicker-in-the-middle dept.

alphadogg writes "Harvard University's August Sanders Theater will play host tonight to a glittering collection of scientific luminaries, in a ceremony dedicated to recognizing some of the most important research of the year. And it will probably involve stuff like green hair, dead salmon brains, and monkey butts. Yes, it's time again for the annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony, where the weirdest and least useful scientific discoveries of the year are paraded before the public in a festival of bizarre nerd pageantry." Slashdot programmer David Hand will be in the crowd, too, triggering a flood of justified envy. Update: 09/13 14:23 GMT by S : Here are the winners.

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  1. Re:August Sanders Theater by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    It was not named for a person called August Sanders.

    Plus its almost halfway into September now! Sheesh.

  2. Where are the nerds by JSG · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is real news for nerds.

    I note that the story above about the NSA inventing a new magnifying glass and can now read text down to 2 point or something has shit loads of comments but this one has very few.

    Come on you buggers, comment here where it really counts.

    Oh - you can't hear me no matter how hard I tap the keys ...... bugger

    Cheers
    Jon

  3. Re:August Sanders Theater by Quasimodem · · Score: 4, Funny

    August is Col. Harland Sanders brother, and the inventor of the bucket. Without August's pioneering efforts in chicken containers, you'd bring home Col. Sanders' Kentucky Fried Chicken by the poke.

  4. Will there be an "ig-Nobel Peace" prize ? by Taco+Cowboy · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hope they will spring a surprise for us and add an "ig-Nobel Peacec" prize, and award it to Obama.

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    Muchas Gracias, Señor Edward Snowden !