The Ig Nobel prizes were announced last night.
for BIOLOGY
Richard Wassersug of Dalhousie University, for his first-hand report,
"On the Comparative Palatability of Some Dry-Season Tadpoles from
Costa Rica." [Published in The American Midland Naturalist, vol. 86,
no. 1, July 1971, pp. 101-9.]
More information on this work, as well as those of other Ig Nobel
winners,
can be found at
http://www.improbable.com/ig/ig-2000-winners.html
-- Shireen Gonzaga Baltimore, MD whimbrel at home.com
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