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Science étonnante | De la science étonnante, amusante, ou simplement intéressante. Research. This PBS NewsHour Weekend video, explains the essence of the Ig Nobel Prizes. "The Stinker", the official mascot of the Ig Nobel Prizes. The Ig Nobel Prizes honor achievements that first make people laugh, and then makes them think. The prizes are intended to celebrate the unusual, honor the imaginative — and spur people's interest in science, medicine, and technology. Every September, in a gala ceremony in Harvard's Sanders Theatre, 1100 splendidly eccentric spectators watch the winners step forward to accept their Prizes. These are physically handed out by genuinely bemused genuine Nobel Laureates.

The 24th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony will happen on Thursday, September 18, 2014. "Last, but not least, there are the Ig Nobel awards. "It's like the weirdest f-ing thing that you'll ever go to... it's a collection of, like, actual Nobel Prize winners giving away prizes to real scientists for doing f'd-up things... it's awesome Who organizes the Ig Nobel Prizes? Who has won this prize? Popular Science | New Technology, Science News, The Future Now.

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