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The Ig-Nobel Awards

For those who are looking for a little fun this afternoon, check out this post fromAnne Taylor-Vaisey:

On the Annals of Improbable Research (HotAIR) Web site you can explore the following:

The Ig® Nobel Home Page:
Some people covet it, others flee from it. Some see it as a hallmark of civilization, others as a scuff mark. Some laugh with it, others laugh at it. Many praise it, a few condemn it, others are just mystified. And many people are madly in love with it. It is the Ig Nobel Prize.

List of 2004 winners

Samples:
Coordination Modes in the Multisegmental Dynamics of Hula Hooping
The American Nudist Research Library of Hyogo, Japan, for inventing karaoke

The AIRchives

Classic articles published in the Annals of Improbable Research

Samples:
An Astrology Chart for Bacteria
Tenureclocky
The Fastest Man on Earth (The Birth of Murphy's Law)
The Atkins Diet Opera

AIR home page

For those who are looking for a little fun this afternoon, check out this post fromAnne Taylor-Vaisey:

On the Annals of Improbable Research (HotAIR) Web site you can explore the following:

The Ig® Nobel Home Page:
Some people covet it, others flee from it. Some see it as a hallmark of civilization, others as a scuff mark. Some laugh with it, others laugh at it. Many praise it, a few condemn it, others are just mystified. And many people are madly in love with it. It is the Ig Nobel Prize.

List of 2004 winners

Samples:
Coordination Modes in the Multisegmental Dynamics of Hula Hooping
The American Nudist Research Library of Hyogo, Japan, for inventing karaoke

The AIRchives

Classic articles published in the Annals of Improbable Research

Samples:
An Astrology Chart for Bacteria
Tenureclocky
The Fastest Man on Earth (The Birth of Murphy's Law)
The Atkins Diet Opera

AIR home page

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