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Ig Nobel Prizes stories: 3 news summaries

 'Ig Nobels' Laud Goofy Science 

Bra gas masks and the benefits of naming cows among the discoveries honored

Oct 2, 09 1:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - The scientific world’s best and brightest gathered last night to honor the silliest. Eight Nobel laureates showed up to hand out the “Ig Nobels,” which honor funny, weird, and downright silly discoveries. The winners included:
  • Public health: Dr. Elena Bodnar, who invented a bra
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Poland • science • Ireland • Nobel Prize • Ig Nobel Prizes • Elena Bodnar

 This Year's Not-So-Nobel Prizes 

Spoof kudos for 'mad' scientist projects

Oct 3, 08 8:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Researchers who proved Diet Coke is an effective spermicide, a nation's declaration that plants have rights, and a study that proved dog fleas can jump higher than cat fleas have won Harvard University's annual Ig Nobel Prizes. The spoof awards recognize projects that "first make people laugh, and then... More »

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Switzerland • Harvard • Diet Coke • Boston University • Ig Nobel Prizes • exotic dancers

'Gay Bomb,' Sword Eating Win Ig-Nobels

Making enemies 'sexually irresistible to each other' lights anti-Nobels' fuse  

Oct 5, 07 6:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US military does some pretty cutting-edge research, but a hypothetical bomb that would make enemy troops make love to each other instead of war on the US? The proposal—along with detailed research on the effects of sword-swallowing, extracting vanilla from cowpies, and curing hamster jetlag with Viagra—yesterday... More »

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homosexuality • chemical weapons • chemical warfare • Nobel Peace Prize • Ig Nobel Prizes

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