That time of year

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That time of year

Postby ozzy72 » Fri Sep 21, 2012 3:53 am

The Ig Nobles are here, this year my favourite had to be the Literature award ;D ;D ;D
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19667664
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Re: That time of year

Postby expat » Fri Sep 21, 2012 5:24 am

I would love to know the background of these two. Maybe they should mix and match. We can then prevent dead salmon exploding......... ;D

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Neuroscience Prize: Craig Bennett, Abigail Baird, Michael Miller, and George Wolford (US) for demonstrating that brain researchers, by using complicated instruments and simple statistics, can see meaningful brain activity anywhere - even in a dead salmon.

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Medicine Prize: Emmanuel Ben-Soussan and Michel Antonietti (France) for advising doctors who perform colonoscopies how to minimise the chance that their patients will explode.
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Re: That time of year

Postby Fozzer » Fri Sep 21, 2012 6:20 am

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Fluid Dynamics Prize: Rouslan Krechetnikov (US/Russia/Canada) and Hans Mayer (US) for studying the dynamics of liquid-sloshing, to learn what happens when a person walks while carrying a cup of coffee.
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Most of us are very familiar with the difficult process of safely conveying a tray of full Beer glasses from the Bar to the Table, without spilling any, or falling over, just prior to closing time... :o...!

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