Un-Boiled Egg Cracks 2015 Ig Nobel Awards List

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Un-Boiled Egg Cracks 2015 Ig Nobel Awards List

If it's September, it must be time once again for scientists to take a playful poke in the eye from Improbable Research's Ig Nobel prize. The goal of the award is to honor "achievements that first make people LAUGH, and then make them THINK," according to Improbable Research.

Last night's awards, handed out at Harvard University's Sanders Theater, did not disappoint. Let's take a look at the winners.

The Chemistry prize was awarded to a team of scientists from the United States and Australia that devised a chemical recipe for partially un-boiling an egg.

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[Warpy]

1. OK, got to disagree with this one

Reversing the denaturing of proteins by heat is a big deal and might eventually lead to a process to reverse the folding of brain proteins by prion diseases like CJD or mad cow.

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2. "Most Mammals Take 21 Seconds to Pee"

I'm going to guess they didn't test males over 45.

[Orrex]

3. Or anyone after a long movie

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4. If I get the big soda, I can't make it through the entire movie anymore.

Thankfully, I only go to the theater once or twice a year.