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Nature 431, 617 (7 October 2004) | doi:10.1038/431617b; Published online 6 October 2004

Harvard ceremony graced by hula-hooping laureates

Steve Nadis

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Ig Nobel Prizes make audience laugh... and think.

This year's fourteenth Ig Nobel Prize ceremony clashed with the first debate of the US presidential election campaign. But there was no evidence of regret inside the packed auditorium at Harvard University, Massachusetts.