Quote: The awards – which have no affiliation to the Nobel Prizes – aim to “celebrate the unusual, honor the imaginative – and spur people’s interest in science, medicine, and technology” by making “people laugh, then think.”

Thank you for this. I don't understand your heading, but I like the laughter!There have been many equally crackpot research programmes reported on this website, though they are meant to be taken seriously! They also make us laugh, but we can't help thinking: “How the heck did they manage to get funding for their nonsense?”