http://www.nature.com/news/ Nature Publishing Group en Nature Publishing Group News at Nature Nature Publishing Group permissions@nature.com 1744-7933 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081008/full/455714b.html?s=news_rss Tongue-in-cheek prizes recognize improbable research. Slime and fleas feature in Ig Nobel awards 10.1038/455714b Brain and behaviour Wed Oct 08 00:00:00 EDT 2008 News at Nature Wed Oct 08 00:00:00 EDT 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081003/full/news.2008.1150.html?s=news_rss Nature reports from the awards that celebrate the silliest science around. An Ig Nobel diary 10.1038/news.2008.1150 Brain and behaviour Fri Oct 03 18:05:15 EDT 2008 News at Nature Fri Oct 03 18:05:15 EDT 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080924/full/455455a.html?s=news_rss What is it like to be labelled a genius? Kendall Powell follows the paths of four MacArthur Fellows #20; and finds they lead to rutting elephant bulls, climate-change champions, hybrid sunflowers and robotic hands. 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