One of my Google news feeds is HowStuffWorks. Today I saw a post I never expected to see. HowStuffWorks set out to explain the Ignobel prizes ! The Ignobel prizes are the humorous counterpart to the Nobel prizes. The prizes are awarded for real world accomplishments in health, politics, economics, technlogy, and science. It is real research and real accomplishments. The criteria for nomination is that it has to be research that "first make people laugh , and then make them think ." I learned... read more
