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"Arf! Arf! ARF!* *I love you, give me some food," Yomiuri Daily, December 28, 2002
"The city and the suits," Sydney Morning Herald, December 27, 2002
"I'll Drink to That," New Scientist, December 21/28, 2002
"Into the Psyches of Geniuses, Primates and Superheroes," Times [London], December 7, 2002
"Talking to Fido just may be possible," Gary [Indiana] Post-Tribune, November 24, 2002
"Dog-bark translator digging for bones in locations overseas," The Taipei Times, November 15, 2002
"The Unsolved Mystery of the Inheritance of Kineties in Paramecium," Protist, Fall 2002
"Bow Lingual," WHAT'S COOL IN JAPAN, October-December 2002.
"'Bowlingual' interpreter to make leap overseas," The Sydney Morning Herald, November 14, 2002
"Does your chewing gum lose its flavour?" New Scientist, November 9, 2002
"IT Pet Communication Tools Popular," Japan Corporate News Network, November 8, 2002
"Thought you'd want to know," Chemistry & Industry,November 4, 2002
"King enjoys IgNobels," Science Insight, November 2002
"New Ig Nobel Book Slights New Hampshire," Nashua Telegraph, October 30, 2002
"The 2002 Ig Nobel Prize Winners," Hematicus AMH Bulletin, October 2002
"Real Florida: Pink power," St. Petersburg Times, October 29, 2002
"'Iggies' 2002," The Scientist, October 28, 2002
"Ig Nobel Prizes", The Tablet, October 26, 2002
"Arresting Ideas: The Ig Nobel Prizes," Sydney Morning Herald, October 25, 2002
"If you haven't heard about the Ig Nobel prize," News24, October 25, 2002
"Digs at beer, balls and belly fluff give laureates a laugh," Times Higher Education Supplement, October 25, 2002
"The truth about belly button lint," Bangkok Post, October 23, 2002
"New Device Translates Dog Barks into Short Phrase," Search and Rescue News, Oct 23, 2002
"Did You Know? - Beer Science," WSET, October 22, 2002
"Asians Jump Into Fragrant Suits," Wall Street Journal, October 21, 2002
"the obverse of that coin is the Ig Nobel," Colorado Springs Gazette, October 20, 2002
"Igs for Eggheads," Belfast Telegraph, October 20, 2002
"Ig Nobel Prizes," Asharqalawsat [in Arabic], October 1002
"Seriously funny," New Scientist, October 19, 2002
"Research laid Ig-Nobelly bare," South China Morning Post, October 19, 2002
"IgNoble world of bizarre prizewinners," Worcester Evening News, October 19, 2002
"In the list of this year's IG NOBEL Awards," Hindustan Times, October 19, 2002
"COMPUTERIZED DOG-BARK TRANSLATOR "WINS" IG NOBEL AWARD," What's New @ IEEE, October 2002
"BUT SERIOUSLY: Man's quest for knowledge," Jerusalem Post, October 17, 2002
"Ig Nobels go to the Dogs - peacefully," Business Edge, October 17, 2003
"Ig Digs," Guardian, October 17, 2002
"Reward for rotten fruit of research," Naples News, October 16, 2002
"Three cheers, and a few jeers, for weird science," Christian Science Monitor, October 15, 2002
"Laugh While You Can," Alternet, October 15, 2002
"I didn’t know whether to say thank you," Newsweek, October 14, 2002
"Wonders of science can build path to better future," New Zealand Herald, October 14, 2002
"Ig Nobel," Time, October 14, 2002
"Size does matter for Britain's IgNobel winner," Observer, October 13, 2002
"Ig Nobel effort: Periodic Table table takes prize," Champaign News-Gazette, October 13, 2002
"2002 Ig Nobel Prizes," New Scientist, October 12, 2002
"IgNobels for Belly-Button, Beer Research," The Learning Channel, October 11, 2002
"Annals of Improbable Research," Critical Path, October 11, 2002
"Why the world will always need a mad scientist," Daily Express, October 11, 2002
"Science's ignoble annual event," Cordis express, October 11, 2002
"Bubble won't burst for spoof Nobels," Nature, October 10, 2002
"Ig Nobels go to the dogs, honoring canine translators, cat-washing machines," Harvard Gazette, October 10, 2002
"WE'RE PROUD OF OH-NO-BEL PRIZE," Daily Record [Scotland], October 10, 2002
"Editorial - Prejudice still exists on campus," Independent [Univ of Toronto], October 10, 2002
"Ig Nobel Prizes awarded," BU Daily Free Press, October 10, 2002
"UNR student's work marked as 'noble' effort," Las Vegas Sun, October 10, 2002
"An ignoble award," The Electric Newpaper, October 9, 2002
"These guys grabbed awards for studying wacky stuff – really," San Diego Union Tribune, October 9, 2002
"Who Gets Lint?", Toronto Globe & Mail, October 9, 2002
"Improbable Research is Rewarded," ELT News, October 9, 2002
"WACKY WEB WEEK: "IG NOBEL PRIZES" AWARDED AT HARVARD," Infoworld, October 9, 2002
"Silly Science Celebrated," Health Scout News, October 9, 2002
"Ig Nobel awards show 'human side of science'," Boston Globe, October 8, 2002
"Beer Foam Physics" [video report], ScienCentral, October 8, 2002
"Heard of Ig Nobels?" Deccan Herald, October 8, 2002
"THE IG-NOBEL PRIZE 2002," Popular Science Net, October 8, 2002
"The Annals of Improbable Research...," National Journal Political Hotline, October 8, 2002
"Worth its weight in bellybutton lint," USA Today, October 7, 2002
"Ig Nobel Ceremony Hails Science’s Laughable Achievements of the Year," The Tech, October 7, 2002
"Beer paper wins Ig Nobel physics prize," Physicsweb, October 7, 2002
" Prize-giving," The Observer, October 7, 2002
"Belly-Button Lint and Beer-Bubble Decay," Chronicle of Higher Education, October 7, 2002
"Award for Pachyderm Proportions," Indus Telegraph, October 6, 2002
"The Southpaw Solution," Boston Globe, October 6, 2002
"Belly Full of Laughs," Herald-Sun, October 6, 2002
"Hats off to this year's winners," Financial Times, October 6, 2002
"Dubious Achievements - Not what Mr. Nobel would have prized," San Francisco Chronicle, October 6, 2002
"Somewhat lost in the shuffle was the economics Ig Nobel," San Francisco Chronicle, October 6, 2002
"Ostrich sex, barking dogs score 'Ig Nobel' prizes," Utusan Express, October 6, 2002
"A 'Nobel' for mad boffins," Gulf Daily News, October 6, 2002
"Ostrich sex, barking dogs score 'Ig Nobel' prizes," ABC News, October 5, 2002
"Silly things in the name of science," Times of India, October 5, 2002
"Not noble, but navel fluff study wins prize," Sydney Morning Herald, October 5, 2002
"Ig Nobel end to navel gazing," Dispatch [South Africa], October 5, 2002
"Belly full of laughs," Melbourne Herald-Sun, October 5, 2002
"Scientists probe belly button fluff ," Evening Standard, October 5, 2002
"Not-so-Nobel Laureates," Science Now, Ocotber 4, 2002
"Birds, barking, beer and bellies," BBC News, October 4, 2002
"Researchers: Ostriches 'Turned On' By Humans," WCVB-TV, October 4, 2002
"Amorous ostriches scoop Ig Nobel prize," New Scientist, October 4, 2002
"Ig Nobel Interview," [audio], The World, October 4, 2002
"Navel-gazing wins Aussie Harvard prize," Boston Herald, October 4, 2002
"Ig Nobels reward wacky research," CBC News, October 4, 2002
"Ig Nobels Awarded," Slashdot, October 4, 2002
"Arcane ostrich study wins prize for tedium," Daily Telegraph, October 4, 2002
"Science of belly lint, ostrich love honored," CNN, October 4, 2002
"Ostrich arousal research wins Ig Nobel award," The Independent [South Africa], October 4, 2002
"Science's Dubious Distinctions Noted," CBS News, October 4, 2002
"The Exponential Decay of Beer Froth," Museum of Science, October 4, 2002
"Belly-button fluff, the definitive study," Daily Mail, October 4, 2002
"Study of belly-button fluff wins Ig Nobel Prize," Ananova, October 4, 2002
"Navel gazing wins an Ig Nobel," The Age, October 4, 2002
"Ig Nobel Prizes," Discovery Channel - Canada, October 4, 2002
"Mixed-up males woo wrong birds," Times Higher Education Supplement, October 4, 2002
"Ostrich Sex, Barking Dogs Score 'Ig Nobel' Prizes," Reuters, October 4, 2002
"Scientists Come Out To Play at Ig Nobels," Harvard Crimson, October 4, 2002
"Oddball scientist wins an Ig Nobel," The Times [London], October 4, 2002
"A win for belly lint and Dr Karl," ABC News Tasmania, October 4, 2002
"Research That Advances ... Well, Nothing," Los Angeles Times, October 4, 2002
[AUDIO] Interview with Ig Nobel organizer Marc Abrahams and Ig winner Charles Paxton, BBC News, October 3, 2002
"Oh, no! It's Ig Nobel time again!," Harvard Gazette, September 26, 2002
"Beware the Coconuts," ABC News, September 25, 2002
"Only comedians may appreciate the Ig Nobels," San Diego Union-Tribune, September 25, 2002
"Ig Medical Lectures to Take Place," Harvard Public Health NOW, September 20, 2002
"Meditate, Don't Mediate," Jerusalem Post, August 16, 2002.
"Meet Bristol's dough-nutty professor," New Zealand Herald, August 12, 2002
"The Ig Nobel Prizes," Bennun, 2002
"Len Fisher: My big bun theory," Independent, August 7, 2002
"Splat Pro Seeks Compassion for Bugs," Wall Street Journal, July 17, 2002
"Gulag Fun Park," Time, July 2002.
"Killer Coconuts," Montreal Mirror, Summer 2002
"tax deductions are becoming death-defying feats. The 2001 Ig Nobel prize for economics," The Age, June 28, 2002
"The Importance of Stephen Jay Gould," Newsday, May 28, 2002
"Flamboyant flamingos fade while geese gather," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 19, 2002
"Apples and Oranges -- The Final Comparison," Darwin Magazine, May, 2002
"Annals of Improbable Research," Wilson Quarterly, Spring, 2002
"For Contributions to Humanity," Canberra Times, April 20, 2002
"von Daniken introduces HP alien Carly to Interlaken," The Inquirer, April 15, 2002
"Joke Hunter of Science," Scientific American, April 2002
"Travelers should watch out for coconuts - the killer fruit ," Boston Herald, April 7, 2002
"Cracked eggheads," The Times [London], March 28, 2002
"The truth about falling coconuts," Canadian Medical Association Journal, March 19, 2002
"EDITOR'S PICKS: THE BEST OF THE IG NOBEL PRIZES AWARDED SINCE 1991, Knowledge Digest, March 2002
"Reinventing the Wheel, Internal Medicine News, March 15, 2001
"Deadly coconuts now included in policy," The Times [London], March 2, 2002
"Improbable Research," Boston Globe, February 14, 2002
"The improbable and the unbelievable," Businessline, February 13, 2002
"Science Prizes: From Nobel to Ig Nobel," Chronicle of Higher Education, February 4, 2002
"The Ig Nobel Prizes," ICD Coding Newsletter, February 2002
"HELLO, DALI," Boston Globe, February 3, 2002
"Another Ig Nobel moment," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, January/February 2002
"Boycott Pink Flamigos!" New Scientist, January 19, 2002
"Pink flamingo fans call for boycott," Baltimore Sun, January 18, 2002
"Flamingo Flap," CBS News, January 17, 2002
"Stalin World owner sees red at critics," Chicago Tribune, January 15, 2002
"Bird Boycott Taking Flight," Sentinel & Enterprise, January 12, 2002
"Union Products plucks flamingo signature," Plastics News, January 10, 2002
"Case of missing signature stirs a pink flamingo flap," Worcester Telegram & Gazette, January 8, 2002
"It's the hottest news in lawn and garden decorating," St. Petersburg Times, January 2, 2002

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Christmas Eve TV Special Program: The Ig Nobel Prizes, NHK[Japan], December 24, 2002
"The Ig Nobel Prizes - Fun in the Name of Science," Time for Students [Taiwan], December 2002
"Celebrar o cotão do umbigo," Diario de Noticias [Portugal], December 11, 2002
"Förenkla inte till det i onödan," ComputerSweden [Sweden], November 8, 2002
" La Gancho Divine," La Vanguardia Digital [Spain], November 5, 2002
"Ig Nobel sariak Suedian ematen diren Nobelak baino dibertigarriagoak," Zientzia.net [ ], November 2, 2002
"Geveerdes raak wulpser as mense vir hulle kyk," Die Burger [South Africa - Afrikaans], October 31, 2002
"Les chiens ont la parole," Le Monde [France], October 28, 2002
"Antinobelpreise 2002 verliehen," Sisol [Germany], October 27, 2002
"Anti-Nobelpreise vergeben," PM [Germany], October 25, 2002
[Ig Nobel], Poisknews [Russia], October 25, 2002
"Asymmetrie bei Hoden bringt Nobelpreis," Multimedica [Germany], October 25, 2002
"Schaumschläger für die Forschung," Hamburger Abendblatt, October 23, 2002
"Assegnati i premi IG Nobel 2002," Garzanti Libri [ Italy], October 23, 2002
"De como circula la pelusa," La Insignia [Italy], October 21, 2002
"Nobel à bulles," Nouvel Observateur [France], October 17, 2002
"L´ombelico val bene un premio Ig-Nobel," La Stampa [Italy], October 16, 2002
"Wie der Fussel wandert," Jungle World [Germany], October 16, 2002
"Premi IgNobel 2002," Spidergirl [Italy], October, 2002
"Latidos ganham tradução," O Dia [Brazil], October 15, 2002
"Ignóbil, mas cobiçado," Universo Online [Brazil], October 14, 200
[Ig Nobel], Zanevskiy Letopisets [Russian], October 14, 2002
"Ich trink' es dann bei mir," Frankfurter Allgemeine [Germany], October 13, 2002
"Antik heykellerde testis oran�n� hesaplad� alternatif Nobel ödülünü kapt� ," Hurriyetim [Turkey], October 13, 2002
[Ig Nobel Prizes?], Phypro [China], October 12, 2002
"Ignobel 2002," Radioactif [France], October 12, 2002
"Ig Nobel Prizes," Souz [Russian languge news site, based in Israel], October 12, 2002
"Les idiots du village scientifique," Science-Presse [Canada], October 10, 2002
"Ces recherches qu'on nous cache," TF1 [France], October 10, 2002
"Ironicky´ smiech Ig Nobelovy´ch cien," Pravda [Slovakia], October 10, 2002
"Bierschaumphysik," Die Zeit [Germany], October 10, 2002
"Prix ig Nobel de la Paix remis à une équipe japonaise," Lejapon [France], October 10, 2002
"Ig Nobel," Compulenta [Russia], October 10, 2002
[Ig Nobel Prizes], Sciscape [Taiwan], October 10, 2002
"Ig Nobel," Start [Norway], October 10, 2002
"Assegnati gli IgNobel 2002," Si News [Italy], October 9, 2002
"Ig Nobel-díj a köldökpiszok-kutatóknak," Figyelo [Hungary], October 9, 2002
"Premiata la scienza che fa ridere," Zadig [Italy], October 9, 2002
[Non-Bulgarians Win Ig Nobel Prizes], Finance News, [Bulgaria], October 8, 2002
"Les Prix IgNobel," Le Lezard [France], October 8, 2002
"Nobel Ignobili," Clarence [Italy], October 8, 2002
"Forschung der besonderen Art," Wissenschaft-Online [Germany], October 8, 2002
"Un español gana un premio paralelo al Nobel por su lavadora para perros", El Pais [Spain], October 8, 2002
"Prix IgNOBEL 2002," Stethonet [France], October 8, 2002
"La mousse de bière en décrépitude exponentielle," Libération [France], October 7, 2002
"Bierschaum und Gemächt," DeutschlandRadio [Germany], October 7, 2002
'''Osannolika' nobelpris utdelade," Uppsala Nya Tidking [Sweden], October 7, 2002
"Ig-Nobelpreise für Studien über Bierschaum und Bauchnabel," Die Welt [Germany], October 7, 2002
"Átadták a komolytalan tudományok díját," Magyar Hirlap [Hungary], October 7, 2002
"Ig Nobel," Toctep [Russia], October 7, 2002
"Ig Nobel," Sankei Shimbun [Japan], October 7, 2002
"Anunciados os vencedores do Ig Nobel 2002," Terra Informatica [Brazil], October 7, 2002
"Napanöyhtätutkija lunasti Ig Nobelin," Verkkouutiset [Finland], October 7, 2002
Ig Nobel Prizes, Membrana [Russia], October 7, 2002
"Ignobel II, la vendetta: de laniccis unbilichi," and Ignobel 2002: la medicina punta sugli zebedei," Pharmacia Italia [Italy], October 7, 2002
"Ig-Nobelpreise für Hunde-Übersetzer und Nabel-Flusen-Erforschung," Frankfurter Allgemeine [Germany], October 7, 2002
"Navlelo, hundeoversetter og kattevaskemaskin," Dagbladet [Norway], October 7, 2002
"Ig Nobel," Chunichi Shimbun [Japan]. October 7, 2002
"Avestruz romântica é premiada," O Globo [Portugal], October 7, 2002
"Ig Nobel Prizes," Sankei Shimbun [Japan], October 7, 2002
"Von Hunde-Übersetzern und der Nabel-Flusen-Forschung," Rheinische Post [Germany], October 5, 2002
"‘I²gšrenç Nobel’ler sahiplerini buldu," Milliyet [Turkey], October 6, 2002
"Recherche. Palmarès 2002 des travaux scientifiques insolites," Liberation [France], October 5, 2002
"Ig Nobel Prizes," Nifty News [Japan], October 5, 2002
"Premian las investigaciones más insólitas de todo el mundo," Tercera [Chile], October 5, 2002
"I vincitori del premio Ig Nobel 2002," TNT [Italy] October 5, 2002
"Ig Nobel," Sankei Shimbun [Japan], October 5, 2002
"IgNobel Ödülü göbek kirine," Hurriyetim [Turkey], October 5, 2002
"Von Hunde-Übersetzern und der Nabel-Flusen-Forschung," Rheinische Post [Germany], October 5, 2002
"IgNobel : la science progresse à pas d'éléphant," Le Monde [France], October 4, 2002
"Ig Nobelit," Pinseri [Finland], October 4, 2002
"Entregan premios "Ig-Nobel" a la investigación imposible," Todito [Mexico], October 4, 2002
"Dodijeljene Ig Nobelove nagrade," Webcafe [Hungary], October 4, 2002
"Ig Nobel," Ntvru [Russia], October 4, 2002
"Executivos e Auditores da Enron Vencem Ig Nobel da Economia and O Caso da Extinção das Loiras ," Publico [Portugal], October 4, 2002
"Enron - Ig Nobel," Lenta [Russia], October 4, 2002
"Ig Nobel premia piores pesquisas científicas do ano," Brasil Online [Brazil], October 4, 2002
"Laureados com o IgNobel," SIC [Portugal], October 4, 2002
"Alternative und kuriose Nobelpreise," NDR [Germany], October 2002
"Docteur Mabuse, I presume?" Le Soir [Belgium], April 26, 2002
"The Truth About Falling Coconuts," Canadian Medical Association Journal, March 19, 2003
"Les prix Ig-Nobel: le double tranchant de l'humour scientifique," Actes de la Recherche en Sciences Sociales, March 2002
"Ein Extra-Nobelpreis für schräge Denker, Rheinische Post [Germany], March 2, 2002
"Bolondos Nobel-díjak, 2001," Hetek [Hungary], January 18, 2002

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