My favorite is the one in biology, where the showed that herrings apparently communicate by farting. (http://www.zoology.ubc.ca/%7Ebwilson/herring.html)
Now, how can my field be considered as serious? ;-) That puts us with those computers clowns that I know! ;-p
I think the seriousness of your field was already in doubt by 1998, where the Biology prize went to a scientist who was using Prozac to combat depression in clams...
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My 2004 Ig Nobel fav!
Date: 2004-10-01 10:31 am (UTC)Now, how can my field be considered as serious? ;-) That puts us with those computers clowns that I know! ;-p
Re: My 2004 Ig Nobel fav!
Date: 2004-10-01 11:58 am (UTC)Re: My 2004 Ig Nobel fav!
Date: 2004-10-01 12:00 pm (UTC)