Great Moments in Research: The 2010 Ig Nobel Awards Are Announced!

Behold the latest weird research!  The Ig Nobel award ceremony was held a few days ago at Harvard.  One of my favorites is this:

PEACE PRIZE: Richard Stephens, John Atkins, and Andrew Kingston of Keele University, UK, for confirming the widely held belief that swearing relieves pain.

REFERENCE: "Swearing as a Response to Pain," Richard Stephens, John Atkins, and Andrew Kingston, Neuroreport, vol. 20 , no. 12, 2009, pp. 1056-60.

WHO ATTENDED THE CEREMONY: Richard Stephens