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...It’s just nice that someone thought our research would be interesting to someone else. And I suppose that’s a pat on the back,” said Craig Williams, one of the recipients of the Ig Nobel prize in Biology...
...Nobel winners from the past also appeared on stage to ruminate on the evening’s theme...
...Featherstone, a 1996 Ig Nobel recipient and inventor of the plastic pink flamingo, appeared on stage with his wife and black poodle—all dressed in black suits adorned with hand painted pink flamingos in the shape of the infinity symbol...
...Each Ig Nobel winner was accompanied by an irreverent slide show detailing animated drawings of the recipients’ research, 24/7 lectures—in which famous thinkers explained their field of research in 24 seconds and then in 7 words geared towards the average audience members—and other humorous non sequiturs...
...addition to former Ig Nobel recipients, past Nobel laureates attended the event, including Dudley Herschbach (Chemistry ’86), Sheldon Glashow (Physics ’79), and Robert Wilson (Physics...