Harvard celebrates the goofy side of science

Darkfrog submitted, created time 3 months 1 day (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."

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Economist's take on maternity leave.

Darkfrog submitted, created time 1 year 3 months (finance.yahoo.com)

This is an economist's take on maternity leave. I know it's a little light by most of our standards, but with the posted articles about Dr. Aarssen's work on motherhood and demographics, it seems a little more relevant than usual.

I can't say I like his writing style. This guy complains that issues regarding mothers, children and gender get clouded with emotion and then he plays an emotional tactic with his "Bob

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