VOLCANO UPDATE (April 22): Thanks to our friend the volcano, travel disruptions stranded several of the Ig Nobel winners, temporarily, in far-flung places. Several had to miss the Sweden events. But there’s GOOD NEWS: Everyone scheduled for the Denmark events has arrived in Denmark. All of them will be at all the Denmark events, as scheduled.
Details of the 2010 Ig Nobel Scandinavian tour:
Vetenskapsfestivalen (Festival of Sciences), Gothenborg, SWEDEN:
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Tuesday, Apr 20, 8.30 and 11.00: 1-hour shows for school classes, University of Gothenborg, Campus Pedegogen — Building A, Pedagogen, Västra Hamngatan 25, Gothenborg (Gothenborg’s pædagogic university) - Tuesday, Apr 20, 14.00-14.14 and 15.00-15.15: Short performances at arena in Nordstan (Sweden’s largest shopping mall)
- Tuesday, Apr 20, 19.55-20.15 and 21.10-21.30: Short performances during the Science night, Universeum, Södra vägen 50 ( Gothenborg’s kick-ass aquarium)
Forsknigens Døgn (Research Days), DENMARK:
- Thursday, Apr 22, 17.00-19.00: Eksperimentarum, Tuborg Havnevej 7, Hellerup, Copenhagen (Cool science exhibition centre)
- Friday, Apr 23, 15.00-17.00: Odense Rådhus, Flakhaven, Odense (The City Hall of Odense). Click here for details.
- Saturday, Apr 24, 13.00-14.00: Fjord&Bælt, Kerteminde, Denmark (Marine animal study center)
- Saturday, April 24, 19.00-21.00: Aarhus University, Søauditorierne
People. The events will feature various combinations of:
- Marc Abrahams, founder of the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony
- Ig Nobel Prize winner Elena Bodnar (a Chernobyl-inspired brassiere that converts into a pair of face masks)
- Ig Nobel Prize winner Kees Moeliker (homosexual necrophilia in the mallard duck)
- Ig Nobel Prize winner Bart Knols (parachuting cats as a means to control human disease)
- Ig Nobel Prize winner Dan Meyer (sword-swallowing, and strange objects people choose to swallow)
- Ig Nobel Prize winner Magnus Wahlberg (curious behavior of marine animals)
- Ig Nobel Prize winner Haken Westerberg (herrings may communicate by farting)
- Ig Nobel Prize winner, the infamous Pek Van Andel (couples performing sex inside an MRI machine)
NOTE: Individuals who appeared at a particular location last year (2009) will present new research this year (2010) at those locations.