At year’s end, the acceptance speeches of the 2004 Ig Nobel Prize winners are, perhaps, worth pondering.
Month: December 2004
Night Light Enthusiast
A hamster-powered night light enthusiast has created a hamster-powered night light with a custom low-RPM alternator. (Thanks to investigator Dan Fingerman for bringing this to our attention.)
New Year’s Non-Cork Popping
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (formerly and lovingly known as the Centers for Disease Control) have/has issued a statistics-based safety reminder for New Year’s Eve celebrants. The full report appears in the December 24, 2004 issue of MMWR. Here are some highlights: New Year’s Eve Injuries Caused by Celebratory Gunfire — Puerto Rico, […]
Boys Will Be Boys
"Boys Will Be Boys." The column of that name runs in every issue of the Annals of Improbable Research. The column from the November-December issue is on our web site, as well as in the magazine.