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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. my favorite winner: 2008 Economics by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ECONOMICS PRIZE. Geoffrey Miller, Joshua Tybur and Brent Jordan of the University of New Mexico, USA, for discovering that professional lap dancers earn higher tips when they are ovulating.

    http://www.improbable.com/ig/winners/

  2. August Sanders Theater by trb · · Score: 4, Informative

    It may be Harvard University's august Sanders Theater. It is not Harvard University's August Sanders Theater. It was not named for a person called August Sanders.

    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. 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.

  3. Link to video by DogDude · · Score: 3, Informative

    The link to the video of the awards is less than obvious on their web page...

    2012 Ignoble Awards

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  4. 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

  5. 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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