The Ig Nobel Prizes honor achievements that make people LAUGH, then THINK.
The 2006 winners of the Ig Nobel Prize in Acoustics went to D. Lynn Halpern, Randolph Blake and James Hillenbrand for conducting experiments to learn why people dislike the sound of fingernails scraping on a blackboard. This is a demonstration of that dislike by a dais of Nobel laureates.
This is a glimpse from a past ceremony, tune in to see what this year will bring.
The 30th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony will be webcast September 17, 2020 at www.improbable.com
Published on September 12, 2020 06:30