Ignoble Awards 2007
Pioneering research into a “gay bomb” that makes enemy troops “sexually irresistible” to each other has scooped one of this year’s Ig Nobel Prizes.
Other winners included work on treating hamster jetlag with impotency drugs, extracting vanilla from cow dung, and the side-effects of sword swallowing.
The awards, founded in 1991, mark achievements that “first make people laugh, and then make them think”.
The prize ceremony took place at Harvard University, US.
Genuine Nobel Laureates handed out the much-coveted awards to the winners, who took away no cash, but instead received a handmade prize, a certificate, and, of course, the glory of such an illustrious win.
You can read the entire article, with all the awards at BBC News.
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Did you know w Kuwaiti woman won one last year for qhich type of poo does a dung beetle prefer to make balls out of!!
No kidding! You know, now that you mention it, it sounds a little familiar. What I like about these awards is that they are not saying the research wasn’t worthwhile, only that it will never get the recognition it deserves, because it is so obscure. Thanks, Pinky, for that information!
That’s super. I never knew such a thing existed, thanks for the info! I’m reading up on it, I love weird and strange especially when there’s science involved.
I love it that this is REAL science – just not sexy enough for prime time. But all the little discoveries play a part in the major discoveries. Glad you like it, N.