For science!

This year's Ig Nobel prizes have been announced. If the AIR site is down (it was collapsing under the load as I started this), brief details can be found at the BBC.

I'm not sure which is worse:

( Warning: US politics under the cut )

On a lighter note:

I have used many tools for purposes other than those for which they were designed, but yesterday was the first time I've ever used a hammer to shut a window.