Why People go to College

Its time again for the 15th annual Ig Nobel ceremony at Harvard University. This event awards those folks who feel the need to publish because their degree apparently demands it...

You can find out more by looking HERE, or just take a dive into some of the links featured below, I'm sure you will see the value of a college education after reading these gems...



Treatment of a Delayed Zipper Injury
by Jack H. Mydlo

The Effect of Country Music On Suicide
by Steve Stack

The Patent for the Comb Over
Donald and Frank Smith

Coordination Modes in the Multisegmental Dynamics of Hula Hooping
by Ramesh Balasubramaniam

(US Patent #3,216,423) Inventing a device to aid women in giving birth -- the woman is strapped onto a circular table, and the table is then rotated at high speed
By George Blondsky

Herring Communication by Farting
By Ben Wilson

Flame Thrower as a dealer option on cars
by Michelle Wong

An Analysis of the Force required to drag sheep over various surfaces.
by Harvey Culvenor

Gorillas in our midst: sustained inattentional blindness
for dynamic events
By Daniel J Simons and Christopher F Chabris

The first case of homosexual necrophilia in the
mallard Anas platyrhynchos (Aves: Anatidae)
By C.W. Moeliker

Farting as a defence against unspeakable dread
by Dr. Mara Sidoli

Chicken Plucking as a Measure of Tornado Wind Speed
By Bernard Vonngut

The relationships among height, penile length, and foot size
by Kerry Siminoski and Jerald Bain

Contributing to the happiness of clams by giving them Prozac
by Peter Fong

The Memory of Water
by Jacques Benveniste

The Grizzly Bear Suit
by Troy Hurtubise