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Ig Nobel winners honor quirky science at Harvard theater
The 2009 Ig Nobel winners include veterinary researchers who show cows with names yield more milk, and a study proving empty beer bottles are better weapons in bar brawls. Other awards cover panda poop waste reduction, Icelandic banks’ economic gymnastics, tequila diamonds, and a bra that converts into gas masks.
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Boston
Bessie
Buttercup
Harvard University
Sanders Theater
Annals of
Stephan Bolliger
Switzerland
IG Nobel
Annals of Improbable Research
Mi Veterinary Medicine
Catherine Douglas
Peter Rowlinson
PEACE
Steffen Ross
Lars Oesterhelweg
Michael Thali
Beat Kneubuehl
Economics
Javier Morales
Miguel Apatiga
Victor Castano
Donald Unger
Katherine Whitcome
Liza Shapiro
Daniel ‘Cleberman
Irish National Police
Elena Bodnar
Raphael Lee
Sandra Marijan
Gideon Gono
Zimbabwean Reserve Bank
Bolliger
Sydney
University of Newcastle
England
Rowlinson