Yes folks, it's the 2004 Ig Nobel prizes:
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996468
Here are the winners:
http://www.improb.com/ig/ig-pastwinners.html#ig2004
Note especially the Public Health prize, which used Gummy Bears to
investigate the "five second rule":
http://web.aces.uiuc.edu/news/list.cfm?NID=2467
I also enjoyed the Chemistry prize, awarded to Coca Cola UK:
Things get worse with Coke
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,3604,1174127,00.html
Apologies that I wasn't aware of the 2004 Ig Nobel Tour of Australia
in August until now, or I would have posted the dates:
http://www.improb.com/ig/2004/australia/2004-australia.html
However the good news is that there will be another tour in August 2005.
Share and enjoy,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
