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Amid a host of scientists in outfits ranging from Speedos to feather boas, the Annals of Improbable Research (AIR) awarded its annual Ig Nobel Awards to the creator of artificial dog testicles, a doctor who photographed every meal he consumed for 34 years and counting, and 8 others...
Even before the main ceremony began, audience members had already begun throwing paper airplanes onto the stage in the grand tradition of the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony, a spoof on the annual Nobel Prizes...
...time Marc Abrahams, the editor and co-founder of the humorous science publication AIR and master of ceremonies of the Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony, took the stage, the audience was already brimming with anticipation...
...Church of Scientology comes from a glossy magazine or a television news program. After Cruise’s outburst, media sources from Entertainment Tonight to Time lionized him as a symbol of a twisted religion, and Cruise did little to stymie the negative onslaught. He promoted Scientology at a Nobel Peace Prize concert to widespread boos. He publicly stated that Brooke Shields should have used vitamins and exercise instead of antidepressants to help cure her post-partum depression; in response, she published an opinion piece in the New York Times. And when a Rolling Stone interviewer asked what...
...last professor to receive this honor was McArthur University Professor Robert C. Merton, who received the Nobel Prize in Economics...