Glimpses of the Ig UK tour
Two kaleidoscopic looks at last week’s Ig Nobel Tour of the UK appear in the March 18, 2008 issue of The Guardian.
Kees Moeliker’s tour diary (excerpted) begins:
With scientific accuracy Dan Meyer warms up the audience: “First I have to deal with my gag reflex, then flip my epiglottis, put my pharynx and gullet in one line and nudge my heart a little to the left.” Then he slowly lowers a 50cm steel sword down his throat. It is not the kind of thing you expect to happen in the Great Hall of the Sherfield Building of Imperial College….
Also, a podcast gives sound bites from several of the touring Ig winners, as well as an all-star science-journalist panel’s appreciation of the personalities.