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Wasabi Fire Alarm Wins Ig Noble; Friendly’s Will File for Chapter 11

• The Ig Nobles were awarded yesterday at Harvard, and Japanese scientists who invented a pungent, wasabi-scented fire alarm won the chemistry prize. [Herald]

• Get your sundaes while you can: Word is Friendly’s will file for Chapter 11. [NRN]

• A bunch of Top Chefs are opening restaurants these days, from Hung Huynh with Catch in New York to Ryan Scott in San Francisco. [Zagat via HuffPo]

• This is cool: An anaerobic digester that runs partly on food waste will supply power to one Minnesota town. [Biomass Magazine]

• First came scoop-shaped tortilla chips, now Popeye’s is offering Dip’n Chik’n nuggets. [Zagat]

Wasabi Fire Alarm Wins Ig Noble; Friendly’s Will File for Chapter 11