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2023 Ig Nobel Prizes - part 2

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Posted by Ian Woolf on January 1, 2024 12:01 AM

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Posted by Ian Woolf on December 25, 2023 4:07 PM

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Posted by Ian Woolf on December 18, 2023 2:43 PM

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Posted by Ian Woolf on June 12, 2023 3:46 PM

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Posted by Ian Woolf on March 27, 2023 3:21 PM

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Posted by Ian Woolf on December 26, 2022 9:06 PM

Ig Nobel Prizes 2021

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Posted by Ian Woolf on December 20, 2021 10:45 PM

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Posted by Ian Woolf on September 20, 2021 2:45 PM

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Posted by Ian Woolf on September 13, 2021 5:11 PM

2020 Ig Nobel Prize Awards

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Posted by Ian Woolf on December 21, 2020 2:37 PM

Ig Nobel Prizes Awards 2019

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Posted by Ian Woolf on December 23, 2019 9:53 AM

Ignoble Artilect War

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Posted by Ian Woolf on July 15, 2019 12:21 PM

2018 Ig Nobel Prizes

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Posted by Ian Woolf on December 24, 2018 12:05 PM

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Posted by Ian Woolf on October 22, 2018 2:41 PM

Ig Nobel Prizes 2017

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Posted by Ian Woolf on December 25, 2017 1:53 PM

2016 Ig Nobel Prizes

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Posted by Ian Woolf on December 26, 2016 9:59 AM

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Posted by Ian Woolf on November 14, 2016 11:34 AM

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Ig Nobel Prizes 2015 special edition

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Posted by Ian Woolf on December 21, 2015 6:36 PM

2014 Ig Nobel Prizes - Food

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2013 Ig Nobels and Willpower

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Posted by Ian Woolf on September 30, 2013 6:43 PM

Ig Nobels 2010 and Artilects 3

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Posted by Ian Woolf on October 11, 2010 1:16 PM