Friday, 5 October 2007

IgNobly done!

Where to begin with this year's crop of IgNobel awards? The extraction of vanilla essence from cow dung? The proof that rats cannot distinguish between Dutch and Japanese when spoken backwards?

Choose for yourself at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7026150.stm

My favourite is the use of viagra to cure jetlag in hamsters.

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