Investigator Stephen Black writes: From the November 2006 issue of Smithsonian Magazine in which the psychologist Sue Savage-Rumbaugh describes the abilities of one of her language-learning bonobos, Kanzi: “Once, Savage-Rumbaugh says, on an outing in a forest by the Georgia State University laboratory where he was raised, Kanzi touched the symbols for ‘marshmallow’ and ‘fire.’ […]
Year: 2007
Karen Hughes and an Ig suggestion
Suggestions for potential Ig Nobel Prize winners come from many sources. Here’s one from a January 23, 2007 editorial in the Manila Times: EDITORIAL Questions for Karen Hughes MANY Filipinos look forward to meeting Karen Hughes, the US State Department undersecretary for public diplomacy and public affairs, because this is her first visit to Manila, […]
Heads-up on Dr. Headon and what’s on a head
Scientists looking at mice may have discovered why certain people are hairier than others in what could provide clues as to the reason some men go bald prematurely. So says an August 30, 2006 Medical News Today article about Dr. Denis Headon (of Manchester University) and his work. (Thanks to investigator Jane Kohner for bringing […]
Gravity and a spy
It is primarily designed to be read by scientists involved in the search for gravitational radiation who are curious about the outsider who spends so much time spying on them. I try to explain who I am and what I am doing. So says Harry Collins about his pet project. (Daniel Davies and others have […]