The Ig Nobels Are Tonight 41
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.
Re:August Sanders Theater (Score:3, Funny)
It was not named for a person called August Sanders.
Plus its almost halfway into September now! Sheesh.
Where are the nerds (Score:4, 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
Re:August Sanders Theater (Score:4, Funny)
Will there be an "ig-Nobel Peace" prize ? (Score:5, Funny)
I hope they will spring a surprise for us and add an "ig-Nobel Peacec" prize, and award it to Obama.