IG NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS

ENGINEERING: KARINA ACEVEDO-WHITEHOUSE AND

AGNES ROCHA-GOSSELIN OF THE ZOOLOGICAL

SOCIETY OF LONDON FOR PERFECTING A METHOD TO

COLLECT WHALE SNOT, USING A REMOTE-CONTROL

HELICOPTER.

ECONOMICS: THE EXECUTIVES AND DIRECTORS OF

GOLDMAN SACHS, AIG, LEHMAN BROTHERS, BEAR STEARNS,

MERRILL LYNCH, AND MAGNETAR FOR CREATING AND

PROMOTING NEW WAYS TO INVEST MONEY—WAYS THAT

MAXIMIZE FINANCIAL GAIN AND MINIMIZE FINANCIAL RISK

FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY, OR FOR A PORTION THEREOF.

CHEMISTRY: ERIC ADAMS, SCOTT SOCOLOFSKY,

STEPHEN MASUTANI AND BP, FOR DISPROVING THE

OLD BELIEF THAT OIL AND WATER DON'T MIX.

VETERINARY MEDICINE: CATHERINE DOUGLAS AND

PETER ROWLINSON OF NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY, UK,

FOR SHOWING THAT COWS WITH NAMES GIVE MORE

MILK THAN COWS THAT ARE NAMELESS.

MATHEMATICS: GIDEON GONO, GOVERNOR OF ZIMBABWE'S

RESERVE BANK, FOR GIVING PEOPLE A SIMPLE,

EVERYDAY WAY TO COPE WITH A WIDE RANGE OF

NUMBERS BY HAVING HIS BANK PRINT NOTES WITH

DENOMINATIONS RANGING FROM ONE CENT TO

ONE HUNDRED TRILLION DOLLARS.

BIOLOGY: FUMIAKI TAGUCHI AND SONG GUOFU OF

KITASATO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF

MEDICAL SCIENCES IN SAGAMIHARA, JAPAN, FOR

DEMONSTRATING THAT KITCHEN REFUSE CAN BE

REDUCED MORE THAN 90% IN MASS BY USING BACTERIA

EXTRACTED FROM THE FAECES OF GIANT PANDAS.

BIOLOGY: CHRISTEL JOUBERT, AND MICHEL FRANC,

FOR DISCOVERING THAT FLEAS THAT LIVE ON DOGS

JUMP HIGHER THAN FLEAS THAT LIVE ON CATS

PHYSICS: LAKSHMINARAYANAN MAHADEVAN AND

ENRIQUE CERDA VILLABLANCA FOR THEIR THEORETICAL

STUDY OF HOW SHEETS BECOME WRINKLED