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...seriousness didn’t seem to be at the forefront of anyone else’s mind last night. Toscanini’s owner Gus Rancatore presented each of the laureates with samples of ice cream that he jokingly claimed to have been inspired by one jet-setting laureate??s work. Mayu Yamamoto said she had flown all the way from Japan to receive her prize for the discovery of a process to extract vanillin from cow dung. In the chicken-themed “24/7 Lectures,” presenters were challenged to deliver a lecture...

Author: By Erin C. Yu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Eccentricity Entertains at Ig Nobels | 10/5/2007 | See Source »

...judge them? Second, there are always mediocre leaders with some bad records who know they are not qualified to receive the prize. So, what is the incentive for them?” Lamont University professor emeritus Amartya K. Sen—the famed Nobel laureate??commended the award, according to a quote by the professor featured on the foundation’s Web site. “I also hope that it will lead to constructive discussions across Africa on the demands of governance and precisely how it can contribute to a better and more secure life...

Author: By Jennifer Ding, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Lecturer Influences $5M Prize | 11/13/2006 | See Source »

...from his findings. “My research shows conciseness is interpreted as intelligence,” Oppenheimer said. “So thank you.” Between live “moments of science” demonstrations, a “Win-A-Date-With-a-Nobel-Laureate?? contest, and a new mini-opera entitled “Inertia Makes the World Go Round,” the ceremony found time to recognize past Ig Nobel celebrities. 2003 winner C.W. Moeliker, who documented the first scientifically recorded case of homosexual necrophilia in the mallard duck...

Author: By Logan R. Ury, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Weird Science Wows At Ig Nobels | 10/6/2006 | See Source »

Although never a Nobel Laureate??which some say is a result of Borges’ politics—the writer shared the first Prix Formentor with Irish poet Samuel Beckett in 1961. The award, given to writers judged to have made a lasting contribution to world literature, led to a shower of invitations that ultimately brought Borges to the United States and Harvard, where he delivered the Norton Lectures (recently published in a collection, This Craft of Verse...

Author: By Josiah P. Child, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Jorge Luis Borges’ Works Find a Home at Harvard | 2/28/2003 | See Source »

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