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Old 09-21-2012, 03:34 PM   #1
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Default The 2012 Ig Nobel awards

Posted in science because they are sciences prizes awarded for articles that make you laugh then think.

http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/...-nobel-prize/1

The dead salmon brain scan is interesting.

I also like Frans de Waals research on chimps recognizing their friends bottoms on pictures. It's logical. And it does make you think...or well it makes me think (wonder, ponder).
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Old 09-21-2012, 03:49 PM   #2
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I herd Obama is a nominee for the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
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Old 09-21-2012, 04:48 PM   #3
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You have to go read the full list of prize winners for the last several years.

I laughed so hard I am still hurting...I had to stop reading.

I couldn't even pick a favorite because there are just so many....

http://www.improbable.com/ig/winners/
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