Ig® Nobel Prizes 2008

Here's my favourite trophy: the coveted Ig® Nobel Prize, awarded to scientific research that makes you laugh, then makes you think. This year's awards were presented by Improbable Research (title link) at Harvard University yesterday evening. The winning studies include demonstrating that dog fleas jump higher than cat fleas, that Coca-Cola is an effective spermicide, that slime moulds can solve puzzles, that armadillos can turn the contents of an archaeological dig upside down, that the fertility cycle of a lap dancer effects her tip-earning potential and that expensive fake medicines are more efficacious than cheap fake medicines.