The Al Jazeera network profiled this year’s Ig Nobel Prize ceremony:
Year: 2012
Perspectives on Bomby the Bombardier Beetle
The Sept/Oct 2000 issue of the Annals of Improbable Research featured seven perspectives on the curious creationist book Bomby the Bombardier Beetle, which is based screw-loosedly on the curious, real insect called the bombardier beetle: Bomby, Bomby, Bomby (an introduction)* — Sally Shelton Bomby: Thoughts of a Forensic Entomologist* — Mark Benecke Creative Science Serves […]
Dan Ariely asks: Are we in control of our own decisions?
In this video, Ig Nobel Prize winner (for demonstrating that high-priced fake medicine is more effective than low-priced fake medicine) Dan Ariely asks: Are we in control of our own decisions?
Updated list of new patents for golfballs (Dec. 2012)
The number of new US golfball patents fell back to disappointingly average levels this December – down almost 28% on November’s figures. • Golf balls having at least two core layers formed from HNP compositions • Low lift golf ball • High performance golf ball having a reduced-distance • Multi-piece golf ball comprising low hardness […]