Identify this 2005 Ig Nobel Prize winner. She invented something very (in)famous while at the MIT Media Lab.

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This actually happened. Recent Physics breakthrough was announced/explained with slides done in Comic Sans. People and are now rallying to rename Comic Sans to something else in Windows 8. What?

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Awesome Question from Manish Achuth.

This man took one of the most popular photographs ever. Almost everyone who has used a computer has seen it. Who is he? What is blocked out?

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Where can you find this camera? People are surprised that this is just a 2MP camera.

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Guest question from Dibyo after a long time!

Who is this?

This is supposedly a very rare photo.

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Guest question from Manish Achuth.

What is the significance of this image?

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The twitter issue should be fixed now. If you all see this going down again, please do let us know – email us at boiledbeans@gmail.com or tweet @boiledbeans!

This professor accidentally (re)named a company after getting their spelling wrong. Who is he, which company and where did he get the spelling wrong. AutoRaja will be happy with company name.

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Which “unit of measurement” is named after her?

What is this paper, authored by hundreds of physicists about?

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