A year after winning the Ig Nobel Prize in chemistry, Miguel Apatiga tells how it changed his life, in an essay in The Guardian. He begins: Ever since our research was first published, people who hear about it for the first time just can’t help laughing. Well, the fact is that most sane people would […]
Month: September 2010
Swearing – a psychological tool
“Offensive language (spoken by medical staff and by patients and their families) is often heard in the general hospital.” But, despite its apparent prevalence, its manifestations and clinical implications have have largely escaped formal examination – until now. Dr. Daniel J. Zimmerman and Professor Theodore A. Stern have between them co-authored what is believed to […]
Emergency Bra press conference today
Scroll down for a post-press-conference update. Dr. Elena Bodnar will hold a press conference today, Tuesday, Sept 28, at 11:00 am — at the MIT Museum to announce that her Ig Nobel Prize-winning Emergency Bra is now available to the public, and to present a new invention (a counterpart device to be worn by men). […]
Brain damage might help gamblers
Brain damage can sometimes give gamblers a winning edge, an American study suggests. The researchers take a flier at explaining how and why certain brain lesions might, in some circumstances, help a person to triumph over others or over adversity. The study – Investment Behavior and the Negative Side of Emotion – published in the […]