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Ig Nobel Prize

October 02, 2010 Socks Stop Slips Study Wins Ig Noble Posted by Willian Smith Is it an urban myth or do Dunedin people really wear their socks outside their shoes to stop them slipping over on icy footpaths in winter? Its not a myth, they do, its been the topic of a scientific research and that research has won an Ig Nobel - the prize awarded for research which makes people [...] Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 01, 2010 Ig Nobel Prize: Celebrate The Absurd Send by edison The first Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony was held place in 1991. Then, only three were awarded prizes for achievements that do not or should not be reproduced. A real Nobel Prize winners selects the nominees and presented the award to the real [...] Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 01, 2010 IgNobel-Winning Emergency Bra Only Almost As Silly As It Sounds Send by figleaf The Emergency Bra, which won both the Ig Nobel prize in public health and a spot on TIME's list of the Worst Inventions of 2009 is now available through the website, www.ebbra.com for $29.99. She said it here. [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 01, 2010 All Akcess Blog Archive Whale Breathalyser Wins Spoof Nobel Award Posted by Willian Smith A London-based scientist's use of a remote-control helicopter to get breath samples from whales has led to her being awarded an Ig Nobel Prize. Karina Acevedo-Whitehouse's technique is used to collect gases and mucus exhaled by the [...] Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 01, 2010 Ig Nobel Awards Go To Slime Mould And Fruity Bats - NewsPlurk Send by Typed ROBIN Frisky fruit bats scoop Ig Nobel prize, The winners of this year's Ig Nobel awards have been announced, demonstrating once again that the public is much more interested in fornicating fruit bats more [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 02, 2010 Emergency Bra: Take It Off, Save Two Lives Posted by Willian Smith Now comes a bra that redefines multifunctionality. Youre likely familiar with bras that convert into strapless or nursing bras and perhaps youve even seen bras that double as BYO bags. But now comes the Emergency Bra, a bra-becomes-face-mask invention thats sure to become popular with environme [...] Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 01, 2010 Ig Nobels Honor Research On Cursing, Bat Sex, Socks CNET ... Send by Sci/Tech - Google News AOL NewsIg Nobels honor research on cursing, bat sex, socksCNETThe Ig Nobel public health prize went to US government research from 1967 that found that microbes cling to bearded scientists. The experiment involved baby chicks and [...] Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 02, 2010 Proving The Prudes Are Full Of Sh- Posted by Willian Smith From an article about the 2010 Ig Nobel Awards: Peace prize Awarded to psychologist Richard Stephens and others at Keele University for confirming that swearing relieves pain. Stephens, who began the study after striking his thumb with a hammer, found volunteers could tolerate more pain if they repe [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 01, 2010 Science Is Hilarious Send by www.genomeweb.com Improbable Research announced the winners of its 2010 Ig Nobel Prizes at the 20th First Annual prize ceremony yesterday. [...] Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 01, 2010 Ig Nobels Honor Research On Cursing, Bat Sex, Socks CNET ... Posted by Willian Smith AOL News Ig Nobels honor research on cursing, bat sex, socks CNET The Ig Nobel public health prize went to US government research from 1967 that found tha [...] Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 01, 2010 Whale Breathalyser Wins Spoof Nobel Award | News Send by BBC News | World | Full Feed A London-based scientist's use of a remote-control helicopter to get breath samples from whales has led to her being awarded an "Ig Nobel" Prize. Karina Acevedo-Whitehouse's technique is used to collect gases and mucus exhaled by the [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 01, 2010 NewsDaily: Whale Snot, Bat Sex Win 2010 IgNobel Spoof Prizes Send by Maggie Fox, Health and Science Researchers who used a remote-controlled helicopter to collect whale snot, documented bats having oral sex and showed that swearing makes you feel better when you stub a toe were among the winners of spoof IgNobel prizes on Thursday. [...] Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 02, 2010 Whale Snot, Bat Sex Win 2010 IgNobel Spoof Prizes Send by Maggie Fox Global News,Researchers who used a remote-controlled helicopter to collect whale snot, documented bats having oral. [...] Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 01, 2010 Coventry Telegraph - News - Odd Zone - Odd Zone: Bra That Can Help ... Posted by Willian Smith In 25 seconds the "emergency bra" (sizes 32B to 40C) can be whipped off and converted into two face masks that filter out chemicals. The bra won its creator, Dr Elena Bodnar, the 2009 Ig Nobel Prize (a spoof Nobel Prize). [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 02, 2010 2010 Ig Nobels Posted by Willian Smith Well, with your help and my offline donations, I've raised nearly half of my goal amount for this Sunday's CROP Walk. You have until Sunday to donate and help put me over the top! Click here, and thank you! === I promised to bring you a selection of the 2010 Ig Nobel Prize Winners this week, and I a [...] Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 01, 2010 Ig Nobel Prize - Sesli Sozluk Yabanci Dil Forumu Send by hypericum Ig Nobel Prize The Ig Nobel Prizes are an American parody of the Nobel Prizes and are given each year in early October for ten achievements that " [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 01, 2010 Russia Hits Back At Japan Over Pacific Islands Row Send by AFP Researchers at two Japanese universities were last night awarded an Ig Nobel Prize for demonstrating that slime mold can be used to determine the optimal routes for railroad tracks. In a published paper ("Rules for Biologically Inspired [...] Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

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