The 2005 Ig Nobels were awarded this week!

(Hopefully I’ll be able to read some of the original articles from work.)

Of this years winners, I particularly liked

Edward Cussler of the University of Minnesota and Brian Gettelfinger of the University of Minnesota and the University of Wisconsin, for conducting a careful experiment to settle the longstanding scientific question: can people swim faster in syrup or in water?

I’m pretty sure I’d swim faster in syrup, as I’d be completely disgusted and want to get out as quickly as possible.