Apparently the rest of the world forgot to hit the "pause" button while the EPC meeting was going on, and maybe it's time for the Dewey blog to rewind and check out some other stuff. So, for all those wannabe liggers (like me) on the international prize scene, here's the first installment of a Dewey-tinged round-up of some recent notable awards, beginning with the most prestigious of them all -- the annual prizes that are awarded after intense and secret deliberations to outstanding scientists, scholars, and researchers, bringing fame and fortune to the exalted recipients. That's right, the 15th First Annual Ig® Nobel Prize Ceremony was held at Harvard University on October 6, honoring those whose contributions to the sum of human knowledge include a catalog of the various odors produced by 131 different species of frog when put under stress; an enhanced understanding of what goes on in a locust's brain while the lucky locust watches highlights from Star Wars; and conclusive resolution of the age-old question of whether people swim faster in water or in syrup. In case you were wondering: comprehensive works on the integumental secretions of frogs go at 573.53791789; the neurophysiology of locusts is classed at 573.815726; and tests of sugars and syrups go in chemical engineering at 664.117.
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