Monday, October 31, 2005

IgNobel Prizes

I remember discovering the Journal of Irreproducible Results in a library I worked in (a long time ago), and have remained a follower of the Annals of Improbable Research, which is edited by the same team that produced JIR in those days.

The team award the annual IgNobel prizes, which were even mentioned this year on Have I Got News for You. The BMJ covered the awards, for science which "first makes you laugh, then makes you think". I especially like the alarm clock that rings and then runs away, so you have to get out of bed to find it and turn it off, although it is all very good stuff.

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