Harvard celebrates the goofy side of science

Darkfrog submitted, created time 1 month 4 weeks (www.nature.com)

The Ig Nobel prizes were given out last Thursday. Winners included the team that showed that a stripper's ovulatory cycle affected her tips (economics) and some folks who taught slime molds to solve mazes (cognitive). The archaeology prize went to a team who documented armadillos messing up their dig site. As to whether they found a way to keep the little dudes out ...not mentioned.

The evening culminated with "Win a date with Benoît Mandelbrot."

Keywords: mathematics animal behavior slime molds human behavior science and culture prizes economics archaeology cognitive science science and economics Nobel Prize