2005 IgNobel Prize Awards 88
karvind writes "This week Nobel prizes in Chemistry, Physics and Medicine were announced. Keeping up with the tradition, the 15th Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony was held at Sander's Theater at Harvard University. Winners include: Will Humans Swim Faster or Slower in Syrup? (Chemistry), Electrically monitoring the activity of a brain cell in a locust while that locust was watching selected highlights from the movie "Star Wars" (Peace), The Significance of Mr. Richard Buckley's Exploding Trousers (Agricultural History) and many more. Interestingly Roy Glauber, who for ten years has humbly swept paper airplanes on the stage at the Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony, won the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics. Archived video of the live webcast is also available for those who couldn't attend the ceremony."
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Re:SImple viscosity? (Score:3, Interesting)
Actually this research should team up with the Australian and see how fast a swimmer could swim in a tub of congealed black tar [uq.edu.au]
The Most Important Part of the Ceremony (Score:3, Interesting)
If any one is in the Cambridge/Boston area this Saturday there is a free lecture at MIT during which the laureates will describe more about their research.
Note: This may well be the only time that "homosexual necrophilia" has been used in a non-troll
"Timecube" not even nominated? (Score:2, Interesting)
Surely "TIME CUBE" [timecube.com] deserves Ig-recognition....
"Recognition and application of this Cubic
simultaneous 4 day rotation of Earth,
will change all math, science and societies
from the begining of human existence.
You have to be evil to ignore this math."
Re:Don't Forget Literature! (Score:3, Interesting)
I actually posted about it on TH earlier this morning:
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2005/10/sciences_
Re:SImple viscosity? (Score:3, Interesting)