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Quote of the day by Erich von Däniken: 'Could it be that God was an extra-terrestrial?'Erich von Däniken, the author of "Chariots of the Gods," has died at 90. His books proposed that ancient civilizations were visited by alie...- Crackpot can jolly well be cutting edgeThe Ig Nobel awards, announced at MIT, celebrate unusual scientific achievements that make people laugh and think. This year's winners incl...
- From spider claws to ‘anal print’ toilet seats: Innovations that bagged Ig Nobels this yearThe 23rd edition of the annual awards, given out "for achievements that first make people laugh, then make them think", was broadcast in an...
- Team including Indian researcher wins 2023 Ig Nobel prizeA team of scientists from India, China, Malaysia, and the US has won the Ig Nobel Prize in the mechanical engineering category for their st...
- Rhinoceros better transported upside-down, orgasms as effective as medicines in clearing congested noses: Winners of the Ig Nobel prizes are outThis year, each winner was given a paper trophy to assemble themselves and a counterfeit Zimbabwean $10 trillion note.
- Finding bacteria on currency notes, a diaper-changing machine: Unique research that won Ig Nobel awardsThe annual awards celebrate scientists for interesting if decidedly odd research.
- Ugh, passing the yuck along with the buckCounting the monetary mess of noisome currency notes.
- PM Modi could face challenge from 'living dead' in VaranasiMritak Sangh, an association of living people declared dead in records, has decided to fight 2019 elections.
- Absurd awards: Some of this year's Ig Nobel winnersOrganised by the Annals of Improbable Research, a magazine devoted to scientific humour, the Nobel parody is called Ig Nobel Prizes.
- Bizarre award explores fun side of scienceHangzhou, April 15 (IANS) When researchers receive arguably the most bizarre science award in China, they often find the trophy more useful...
- Laugh and think: Here are the top picks of bizarre contributions to the Nobel Prize AwardsTen awards recognise the most whimsical contributions to science and research.
- Bringing real peace is an Ig Nobel goalMilo Puhan and his team have shown that regularly playing the didgeridoo can deal with obstructive sleep apnoea and its peace-threatening c...
- Why is Ig Nobel Prize making headlines?While the Ig Nobels don't necessarily address the world's most pressing challenges, they do represent the curiosity that is an intrinsic pa...
- Meet Cambridge economist Raghavendra Rau: The Ig Nobel Prize winnerA professor of finance at the Cambridge Judge Business School, he was thrilled to receive the award that celebrates science and quirkiness.
- Lok Sabha Polls 2014: Mritak Sangh men poll-vault to life in east UP"I thought, this would conclusively prove that I am alive. The bigger the election, the better," Mritak Sangh president Lal Bihari says.
- Join the movement that is India, Nita Ambani tells the world at LSENita Ambani delivered a lecture at the LSE on building institutions of excellence in India. She talked about RIL's plans of setting up worl...
- Ig Nobels Cannot Be IgnoredIn the hullabaloo over the Nobel prize awardees every year, the Ig Nobels usually get, well, ignored.
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