Andrew Ault
10-10-2005, 5:09 PM
If you have an interest in science, the (Harvard) Ig Nobel Prizes can be pretty funny.
http://www.improb.com/ig/ig-top.html
To quote from the webpage, "Every Ig Nobel Prize winner has done something that first makes people LAUGH, then makes them THINK."
It's all in good fun and not mean or divisive. Just the funnier side of science.
Examples:
AGRICULTURAL HISTORY: The Significance of Mr. Buckley's Exploding Trousers
PHYSICS: The Pitch Drop Experiment, in which a congealed glob of tar has been slowly dripping through a funnel since 1927 at a rate of about one drop per year.
http://www.improb.com/ig/ig-top.html
To quote from the webpage, "Every Ig Nobel Prize winner has done something that first makes people LAUGH, then makes them THINK."
It's all in good fun and not mean or divisive. Just the funnier side of science.
Examples:
AGRICULTURAL HISTORY: The Significance of Mr. Buckley's Exploding Trousers
PHYSICS: The Pitch Drop Experiment, in which a congealed glob of tar has been slowly dripping through a funnel since 1927 at a rate of about one drop per year.