The Ig Nobel Prizes are awarded for things that first make people LAUGH, and then make them THINK. The name “Ig Nobel” is said to be derived from a pun in the English languge. The pun draws out only one of several very different aspects of Ig Nobility. That pun seems to crop up in […]
Category: Arts and Science
Research and other stuff that makes people LAUGH, then THINK.
Another Long-Running Experiment
Investigator Henry Kleta sent us this note: I’d love to report a long-running experiment that has been started by coincidence and is running now nearly 25 years. Round about 25 years ago my dad tried to seal the roof of our house with tar. A whole bag of that stuff was left over and was […]
Eye-Popper
Here is a nice, apparently moving optical illusion. For more, and more detail about it, consult Akiyoshi Kitoaka, at the Department of Psychology, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan.
The Romance of Ear Candles
There is talk (and more) of the romance of ear candles. Some doctors fail to see the romance. This report seems to be an example: “Ear candles: a triumph of ignorance over science,” Edzard Ernst, Journal of Laryngology and Otology, vol. 118, no. 1, January 2004, pp. 1-2. The author, who is at the Universities […]