Author Topic: Ig Nobel Prize (Read 1190 times)

SonnenKinder · « **on:** March 08, 2010, 09:36:36 PM »

The Ig Nobel Prizes, which are handed out annually at Harvard University by actual Nobel Prize laureates, were founded in 1990 in order to recognize scientific research that "first makes you laugh, then makes you think." Conducted under the auspices of the scientific humor magazine "Annals of Improbable Research," the awards are intended to "celebrate the unusual, honor the imaginative and spur people's interest in science, medicine, and technology."

The 2009 Ig Nobel Awards were handed out in Oct., by the Annals of Improbable Research Magazine, at the 19th Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony at Harvard. The awards celebrate some of the most bizarre scientific studies from the past year.

One of our favorites, the Ig Nobel Peace Prize, was awarded to a research team for their study to determine—by experiment—whether it’s better to be smashed over the head by a full beer bottle or any empty one.

The Public Health Prize went to a team that developed a bra that can be used as two gas masks in an emergency. :mean: :mean: :mean: :mean: