The IgNobel Prize winners 2012: speech jamming, dead salmon brain activity, green hair and more

And, ladies and gentlemen, it’s official!  The winner’s of this year’s IgNobel prizes have been announced and the webcast of the ceremony showed it to be as good-natured and cheerful an event as ever.     Physics: Keller, Goldstein, Warren and Ball for research into the forces that control the shape and movement of a […]

The IgNobels 2012 live! Now!

A very brief post, just to alert y’all that the IgNobels are starting in less than 45 minutes.  And you can watch them live in the video below! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnprpYZYiC8[/youtube] Also, Scientific  American blogger Scicurious will be live tweeting from the awards.  Look for the hashtag #ignobel :) For those who’re not sure why I’m so […]