Ig Nobel Awards
cwilcox | October 2, 2009If you haven't heard, the 2009 Ig Nobels have been given. The Ig Nobels are one of my favorite yearly treats. They are given to research that "first make people laugh, and then make them think."
The prizes "celebrate the unusual, honor the imaginative - and spur people's interest in science, medicine, and technology."
And the winners are...
Veterinary medicine: Catherine Douglas and Peter Rowlinson of Newcastle University, UK, for showing that cows with names give more milk than cows that are nameless. Hear that, Bessie?Reference:Bertenshaw, C., & Rowlinson, P. (2009). Exploring Stock…