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Established in 1991, the Ig Nobels are a good-natured parody of the Nobel Prizes; they honor "achievements that first make people laugh and then make them think." The unapologetically campy awards ...

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The Ig Nobels were founded in 1991 by Marc Abrahams, editor of satirical magazine Annals of Improbable Research. Previous ...

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My intention is not to point fingers at the journalist for this omission, or at those within the literature sector who were ...

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University President Maurie McInnis presented awards to the eight winners of the annual Windham-Campbell Prize.

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