Japanese among Ig Nobel winners for oddball science

Friday 03rd October, 01:03 PM JST

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franz75 at 05:50 PM JST - 3rd October

"In 2004, Daisuke Inoue won the peace award for inventing karaoke" that's maybe the best I ever heard!
Beelzebub at 06:10 PM JST - 3rd October

Last year, researcher Mayu Yamamoto won the chemistry award.

I remember that one -- she was extracting vanilla seeds from cow dung and at the event they served ice cream made from the vanilla. Yeeecchhh!
OssanULTRA at 01:12 AM JST - 4th October

Goes to prove that hunger is a great motivator. You don't even need any brains.

The Ig Nobel peace award was given to a Swiss governmental ethics >committee and Swiss citizens for promoting the idea that plants have the >same dignity as humans.

Good. I hope someone creates People for the Ethical Treatment of Plants so they can harass vegetarians.
Mark_McCracken at 03:40 AM JST - 4th October

Scientists who discovered that professional lap dancers earn higher tips when they enter their fertile periods were awarded the coveted Ig Nobel economics prize.