The 2009 Ig Nobel Prizes were awarded on Thursday night, October 1, at the 19th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony, at Harvard’s Sanders Theatre. Later, on Saturday afternoon, October 3, the new winners will explain their work, at the Ig Informal Lectures at MIT. The Ig Nobel Prizes are a parody of the Nobel [...]
October 2, 2009
While the moon is always something special, the harvest moon, visible all of this coming week, is the most special of all. It is the subject of everything from epic poetry to popular songs. What makes the harvest moon so special? Mainly it’s the path it’s following this week. The moon always travels close to [...]
October 2, 2009
Serving no practical purpose whatsoever, LIT Studios has created an Interactive Mirror, using an LCD projector, and you guessed it – a mirror. This mirror gives a user the ability to draw, interact with animations, play games, view photos, or even show how a custom t-shirt would look if you were wearing it. The device [...]
October 2, 2009
A snake measuring sixteen inches long has been discovered in China making its grand entrance by clinging to a bathroom wall with a clawed talon, a virtual foot. Unfortunately, its life was cut short when a woman beat it to death with a shoe as it attempted to defy evolution and scurry across the wall [...]
October 1, 2009
Can you cure hiccups through rectal massage? Is Coca-Cola an effective spermicide? Scientists who have devoted their research to these burning questions, among others, are on their way to Harvard University for the 2009 Ig Nobel Prizes, the annual spoof for research that “cannot or should not be reproduced.” A bevy of genuine Nobel laureates, [...]
October 1, 2009
SINGAPORE – Beauty queen Miss Singapore World has given up her crown after it emerged that she had stolen credit cards to go on a shopping spree for lingerie. Ris Low had come under public pressure to be stripped of her 2009 title, after local media reported she stole seven credit cards last year while [...]
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October 3, 2009
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