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"Company Removes Signatures from Famous Lawn Ornaments," The Maui News, December 29, 2001
"Groups raise ruckus over flamingo designer's missing signature," Daytona Beach News-Journal, December 28, 2001
"He's Not in the Pink," Newsday, December 26, 2001
"The Plastic Pink Flamingo Boycott," Here and Now [NPR], December 24, 2001
"Unsigned flamingo bottom has the purists squawking," USA Today, December 21, 2001
"2001 Ig Nobel Prizes," APS News, December 2001
"Imbroglio brewing over the authenticity of pink flamingos," Blather, December 18, 2001
"Harvard’s Ig Nobel Prizes spoof the real thing," Earth Times, December 17, 2001
"Weird Science," The Guardian, December 17, 2001
"Troy's Still at It," Netsurfer Digest, December 13, 2001
"MAD DOG: I'm Beginning to Shop a Lot Like Christmas," AlterNet, December 11, 2001
"Bear-Proof Suit Scares Off Grizzly," New Scientist, December 10, 2001
"The Trials of RoboBear," ABC News, December 6, 2001
"Bear Suit," Yahoo News, December 5, 2001
"'Bear-Proof' Suit to be Put to the Test," New Scientist, December 3, 2001
"Only in it for the Bears," The Guardian, December 3, 2001
"UM’s Joel Slemrod Wins Ig Nobel Award," UROP Newsline, December 2001
"I'm ignored again in Ig Nobel ignominy," Business Edge, November 29, 2001
"Osama's Nuclear Plans Half-Baked," Wired News, November 20, 2001
"Osama Goes Monkeyfishing," The Wall Street Journal, November 19, 2001
"Phoney Bomb Humor Fools Taliban?" Alternet, November 19, 2001
"Al Qaeda Duped?" The Village Voice, November 16, 2001
"Taliban Thwarted," The Daily Rotten, November 16, 2001
"Study of injuries caused by falling coconuts wows Ig Nobel judges," Canadian Medical Association Journal, November 13, 2001
"A whole two pages of titles collected by G. Neil Martin...," New Scientist, November 10, 2001
"Award was nutty but nice for safety expert," Montreal Gazette, October 30, 2001
"Recent, recognized research is a hard nut to crack," Kansas City Star, October 28, 2001
"IgNobelist holds forth on nose-picking," Times of Iindia, October 26, 2001
"News of the annual Ig Nobel prize," Financial Mail [South Africa], October 26, 2001
"UNDER-EASE Protective Underwear for Flatulence," Howard Stern Show, October 26, 2001
"2001 Ig Nobel Prize Awards," Portland Mercury, October 26, 2001
"It's not Rocket Science," Toronto Globe & Mail, October 23, 2001
"Make Dinner Go With a Bang," Sunday Times [London], October 21, 2001
"Today's summary: IgNobel Prizes, and the Annals of Improbable Research," Beware-of-Art, October 20, 2001
"Indians are more Ignoble than Nobel," Financial Express [India], October 16, 2001
"Ig Nobel prizes for research," Mondaypaper [Capetown], October 15-22, 2001
"You might expect the Annals of Improbable Research to be similarly frivolous, but...," Sunday Times [London], October 14, 2001
"RHINOTILLEXOMANIA: Habitual or obsessive nose-picking," World Wide Words, October 13, 2001
"Reminders unscrambled from Ig Nobel awards," The Lancet, October 13, 2001
"Ignoble," Economic Times [India], October 13-18, 2001
"Researchers Accept Not-So-Nobel Awards," Science, October 12, 2001
"Let Me Educate You - The Ig Nobels," News24, October 12, 2001
"Ig Nobels raise a welcome smile", Nature, October 11, 2001
"Editorial: Ignoble Honour," Times of India, October 11, 2001
"The Igs," Netsurfer, October 11, 2001
"Ig Nobel But Never Ig nored," McGill Reporter, October 11, 2001
"2001 Ig Nobels marked by characteristic hijinks as scientists frolic," Harvard Gazette, October 11, 2001
"Achievements noble and otherwise ," The Business Times [Singapore], October 11, 2001
"This year's 'Ig Nobel' awards are a gas," USA Today, October 10, 2001
"Ignobel Awards," North Texas Skeptics, October 10, 2001
"Patently theatre in the round," The Age [Australia]. October 9, 2001
"The 2001 Ig Nobel Prizes," Engineering News [Australia], October 9, 2001
"Ig Nobel night includes nuptials," Boston Globe, October 9, 2001
"UBC study wins tongue-in-cheek prize," Vancouver Sun, October 8, 2001
"IGNOBEL PRIZE WINNERS," Morning Sidekick, October 8, 2001
"Ig Nobels salute over-achievers in the competitive field of senseless inanity," South China Morning Post, October 8, 2001
"Twisted List: Prize-Winning Science," TechTV, October 8, 2001
"Honouring the Ignobel," News in Science [Australian Broadcasting Corp.], October 8, 2001
"Nobel prize spoof given for dubious achievements," nineMSN, October 7, 2001
"IG-Nobel Prize 2001 for India," Indernet, October 2001
"UBC assistant professor captures Ig Nobel Prize," Vancouver Province, October 7, 2001
"Ig Nobel Awards," The Independent [London], October 7, 2001
"Weird Science Awards," Fox News, October 6, 2001
"IgNobel Awards," Slashdot, October 6, 2001
"Quite an honor," Boston Globe, October 6, 2001
"OUR ENJOYMENT of our favourite science awards ceremony--the Ig Nobels--is enhanced this year," New Scientist, October 6, 2001
"Ig Nobel for Indian scientists who dig deep," Times of India, October 5, 2001
"Giants of the improbable claim their due reward," The Guardian, October 5, 2001
"Clean-air underpants inventor wins science prize," Ananova, October 5, 2001
"Canadians win Ig Nobel awards," CNews, October 5, 2001
"Bizarre Contribution to the World," City Press [South Africa], October 5, 2001
"Falling Coconuts Study Scoops Ig Nobel Medicine Prize," New Scientist, October 5, 2001
"Ig Nobel Prizes recognize research on the fringe," Reuters Health, October 5, 2001
"In praise of apostrophes," BBC News, October 5, 2001
"Ig Nobel pair tries to nail the bogey of nose-picking," The Times Higher Education Supplement, October 5, 2001
"Shower Curtain Rises on Ig Nobels," Wired News, October 5, 2001
"Hilarity wins at Ig Nobel Prize show," Harvard Crimson, October 5, 2001
"Larry Sherman an Ig Nobel Laureate," Miami University News Briefs, October 5, 2001
"IgNobel Prizes Award Research on the Fringe," Reuters, October 5, 2001
"Ig Nobel Prizes awarded for "achievements" like Stalin World and airtight underwear," Chronicle of Higher Education, October 5, 2001
"Seriously, silly scholar is gleeful to be picked," Cleveland Plain Dealer, October 5, 2001
"Ig Nobels recognize silly science," MSNBC, October 5, 2001
"Honoring Science's Oddest," Wired News, October 4, 2001
"Ignobility Tonight," Harvard Crimson, October 4, 2001
"Ig Nobel Prizes to be handed out at Harvard," Yale Daily News, October 4, 2001
"Handbags, double-glazing and the Nobel Prize," Telegraph, October 4, 2001
"Boffins gather to study farting ... it must be the Ig Nobel awards," Sunday Herald [Scotland], September 30, 2001
"Nothing like Ig Nobel awards for comic relief," Nashua Telegraph, September 26, 2001
"Scientists to wed at this year's Ig Nobels," Harvard Gazette, September 20, 2001
"Interview with the editor of AIR and the editor of Scientific American, The Connection, NPR, August 20, 2001.
"A BOSTON GLOBE EDITORIAL: Not So Silly Science," Boston Globe, July 30, 2001
"THE IG-NOBEL PRIZE," Popular Science Net, 2001
"The 74-Year Yawn Test," The Times [London], June 7, 2001 (and see this commentary from J.S. Mainstone)
"Flows the Don" [about the Luxiriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists], Lingua Franca, May/June 2001
"It's time to nominate the Ig-worthy," World Oil Magazine, May 2001
"IG-NOBEL's AT NSF? How Curious & Creative Humor Can Improve Science & Engineering Literacy," NSF Sci-Tech Library Newsletter, April 24, 2001
"To Ig Nobel-ly Go...", Beyond 2000, April 4, 2001
"Improbable Cause -- Researchers examine the lighter side of science," Horizon Air Magazine, April 2001
"Apples and oranges have previously been shown to be remarkably similar," British Medical Journal, April 14, 2001
"Psychotherapy. Studies shows that it works best on people who don't need it in the first place," Arts & Letters Daily, April 2001
"Research Question — Why Is This Woman Smiling?" Delaware Renaissance, April 2001.
"You just can't call yourself a scientist unless...," Chemistry & Industry, March 5, 2001
"Ig Nobel Prize for MRI", The Science Show [Australian Broadcasting Corporation], February 24, 2001
"Other than seeking the answer to the question, "How do you tell what's important and what's not, and what's real and what's not...", Houston Chronicle, February 22, 2001
"Mensa at the Ig Nobels," Mensa Bulletin, February 2001
"Comedian Victor Borge was not merely wonderful, he was...," Arts & Letters Daily, February 2, 2001
"The Ig Nobel Prizes...", Annals of Clinical Biochemistry, January, 2001
"The Far Side of Science," Riverdeep, January 18, 2001
"The Snark Hunter Award: Annals of Improbable Research," Skeptic.net, date rather fuzzy
"Zany Science Journal Tests Postal Tolerance," Linn's Stamp News, January 15, 2001 [About "Postal Experiments"]
"Comparing apples and oranges: a randomised prospective study," British Medical Journal, January, 2001

Text - non-English

"Ein High-Tech-Ritter im Kampf gegen Schläger, Jeeps und Bären, Frankfurter Allgemeine [Germany], December 9, 2001
"Törésteszt grizzlyvel," Impresszum [Hungary], December 4, 2001
"Alte Männer verschätzen sich in der Anzahl ihrer Sexual-Partner," Laborjournal [Germany], December 2001
"Observatorio. Os Premios Nobel," El Correo Gallego [Spain], October 29, 2001
"Premi igNobel, quando la scienza fa ridere," Corriere Della Sera [Italy], October 2001
"Ig Nobel 2001," Opslagstavle [Denmark], October 23, 2001
"Jes´li nie Nobel to ... Ig Nobel?," Doz & Belagle [Poland], October 22, 2001
"Od kopanja nosa do gaEa s filterom", Vecernji [Croatia], October 21, 2001
"Elogio de la Estupidez," Caretas [Peru], October 18, 2001
"Lenin?kas apdovanotas pasauline Ig Nobel premija," Online Sci [Lithuania], October 18, 2001
"Australiër vond het wiel uit in juni 2001," Natuur & Teechnik [The Netherlands], October 17, 2001
"Rocznicowe anty-Noble," Wi rtualny Wszechswiat [Poland], October 17, 2001
"Innobles y divertidos", El Norte de Castilla [Spain], October 14, 2001
"NOBEL E IG-NOBEL 2001 -- Il Mit si espande, Harvard si diverte," Il Sole 24 [Italy], October 14, 2001
"Lauréats du Prix Ig-Nobel 2001," Le Linguophile [France], October 2001
"IgNobel-díj," Nepszabadsag [Hungary], October 13, 2001
"Ig Nobel Prize Winners 2001" Van Hoa [Vietnam], October 2001
"Ig-Nobel, o le scienze immaginifiche," La Repubblica [Italy], October 11, 2001
"Ganadores del Premio Ig Nobel, 2001", Escepticos Venezuela [Venezuela], October 2001
"Forschung auf Abwegen," Die Zeit [Germany], October 11, 2001
"Ig-Nobel Prize", SCIENZA DIVERTENTE [Italy], October 2001
"Ig Nobel & Nobel 2001,"News.Astro.hr [Hungary], October 10, 2001
"Ig Nobel 2001," Radio Lider [Brazil], October 2001
"Ëó÷øèå èç õóäøèõ," KB [Russia] , October 2001
"Les Prix Ig Nobel 2001 - Les scientifiques s’amusent," Cyberpresse [Canada], October 10, 2001
"E o Ig Nobel vai para... a idéia mais maluca!" Canal Kids [Brazil] October 2001
"La scienza improbabile," Erewhon [Italy], October 2001
"Völlig unnütze Erfindungen," Die Welt [Germany], October 9, 2001
"Ganar un Nobel como sea ," La Vanguardia [Spain], October 9, 2001
"Ig Nobelpreis geht an Unterwäsche mit Flatulenzfilter," G-O, [Germany], October 8, 2001
"Wenn Wissenschaftler sich über ihre Disziplinen lustig machen," Ärzte Zeitung [Germany], October 8, 2001
"Por Que É Que as Cortinas do Chuveiro Fogem para Dentro?," Publico [Portugal], October 8, 2001
"La science pour rire," L'Agence Science-Presse [Canada], October 8, 2001
"Die Geschichte der Menschheit," Wissenschaft-Online [Germany], October 7, 2001
"Mis-prijzen voor luchtdichte onderbroek en patent op wiel," Dagblad de Limburger [The Netherlands], October 6, 2001
"Ig-Nobelpreise für gasdichte Unterhosen und höllisch schwarze Löcher," Bild der Wissenschaft [Germany] October 6, 2001
"Priset lufttett prompetruse," BA [Norway], October 6, 2001
"Trao gi?i IgNobel cho nh?ng phát minh k? qu?c nh?t," VN Express [Vietnam], October 6, 2001
"Os laureados de 2001 ," Ciência Hoje [Brazil] October 5, 2001
"Patenterade hjulet, fick alternativt Nobelpris," Computersweden [Sweden] October 5, 2001
"Ig Nobel celebra ciência improvável," O Universo Online [Brazil], October 3, 2001
"Se conceden los IGNobels," Sabado DN [Spain], July 29, 2001
"Nicht lustig, aber sinnlos," Ornament & Verbrechen [Germany], June 15, 2001

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