Josie Ford
鈥淓verybody has won, and all must have prizes.鈥 Feedback subscribes fully to the Dodo鈥檚 verdict on the Caucus race in Alice鈥檚 Adventures in Wonderland. Equally, however, some have won more than others, and they must have further prizes.
From this angle, we approach, gingerly, the scientific world鈥檚 top looking-glass awards, the Ig Nobels. Now in their 30th year, the prizes for 鈥渁chievements that first make people laugh, and then think鈥 were announced last week in a ceremony all the more glittering for being held entirely in the pixels of the internet.
Feedback attended the virtual red carpet,…
