2008 IgNobel Prizes

Archaeology:
For showing that armadillos can mix up the contents of an archaeological site

Biology:
For discovering that fleas that live on dogs jump higher than fleas that live on cats

Chemistry:
1. For discovering that Coca-Cola is an effective spermicide, and
2. To another research team for accidentally proving it is not.

Cognitive science:
For discovering that slime molds can solve puzzles.

Economics:
For discovering that exotic dancers earn more when at peak fertility.

Literature:
For the study "You Bastard: A Narrative Exploration of the Experience of Indignation within Organizations".

Medicine:
For demonstrating that expensive placebos are more effective than inexpensive placebos.

Nutrition:
For demonstrating that food tastes better when it sounds more appealing.

Peace:
The Swiss Federal Ethics Committee on Non-Human Biotechnology and the citizens of Switzerland, for adopting the legal principle that plants have dignity.

Physics:
For proving that heaps of string or hair will inevitably tangle.

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