Andy Jordan of the Wall Street Journal attended the 2008 Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony, and brought his videocamera. He produced a lovely four-minute report. Click the image here to watch it.
Month: October 2008
Steven Milloy versus the Ig Nobel Prizes
A man named Steven Milloy is misusing the the good name of the Ig Nobel Prizes. Mr. Milloy does his dirty business in an October 30, 2008 article, one of his regular so-called “Junk Science” columns that are published by Fox News.* The Ig Nobel Prizes, which we have awarded every year since 1991, honor […]
(L)Ode Upon a Creaking Chair
Contrary to what you might think, sitting is not a static activity, unless you are dead. In the study Chair Load Analysis During Daily Sitting Activities, Carla Paoliello and Edgar Vladimiro Mantilla Carrasco adopt the perspective of a chair. They quantify the shifting risks your furniture faces when someone sits on it. Now – right […]
Taxonomy: Approved tastiness of giraffes
The June 6, 2008 issue of The Daily Telegraph contains a rare newspaper report about a fine point of taxonomy: According to a report in the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper, vets were asked to treat an adult, female giraffe at Israel’s largest zoo, the Safari Park in Ramat Gan. The team, led by Professor Zohar Amar, […]