Ig Nobel Prizes 2004
Winners.MEDICINE
"The Effect of Country Music on Suicide."
PHYSICS
exploring and explaining the dynamics of hula-hooping
PUBLIC HEALTH
investigating the scientific validity of the Five-Second Rule about whether it's safe to eat food that's been dropped on the floor
CHEMISTRY
The Coca-Cola Company of Great Britain, for using advanced technology to convert liquid from the River Thames into Dasani, a transparent form of water, which for precautionary reasons has been made unavailable to consumers.
ENGINEERING
patenting the combover
LITERATURE
The American Nudist Research Library of Kissimmee, Florida
PSYCHOLOGY
demonstrating that when people pay close attention to something, it's all too easy to overlook anything else -- even a man in a gorilla suit
ECONOMICS
The Vatican, for outsourcing prayers to India.
PEACE
karaoke
BIOLOGY
showing that herrings apparently communicate by farting
* Ray, 10/01/2004 02:34:57 PM
