Ever wondered why.....

the brains of London taxi drivers are more highly developed than those of fellow citizens?

If so the Ig Nobel Prizes National Science Week tour could answer your questions.

From March 11th-22nd Marc Abrahams (founder of the Annals of Improbable Research) will be touring the UK and Ireland. The show features Ig Nobel winners, a limerick competition and nominees to the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for scientists.

The tour will be stopping in Oxford on Thursday 11th March (8th Week) 8pm in the Martin Wood Lecture Theatre (Physics Clarendon Lab, on Parks Rd opposite the end of Keble Rd).

To contribute to the costs of putting on the event, there will be a small charge on the door: GBP 2.50 for Oxford University students and staff (show University Card) GBP 5.00 for others (concessions GBP 4.00).

Limerick Competition: http://www.thes.co.uk/story.aspx?story_id=2010541 Compose a limerick on one of the following topics: Prince Charles and science President Bush and global warming Me and my Petri dish

Nominate your long-haired lecturer to the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists: http://www.thes.co.uk/story.aspx?story_id=2010543 Entrants will be judged on glossiness, condition, length, style, flow and luxuriance.

Photos from last year: http://www.improb.com/ig/2003/2003-ig-UK/2003-UK-ig.html

To find out more see www.the-ba.net/nsw or www.improbable.com

Tour organised by the British Association and supported by The Times Higher Education Supplement.