The Science Gallery in Dublin produced this short video closeup of their full-scale model of the Ig Nobel Prize-winning Blonsky centrifugal birthing device: For background on this see our February 21, 2014 report “The Blonsky centrifugal birthing device in Dublin“.
Category: Arts and Science
Research and other stuff that makes people LAUGH, then THINK.
Tap dancing and the Osgood-Schlatter syndrome
Following on from a recent Improbable note which highlit research into Lower Extremity Kinetics in Tap Dancers, we can suggest to readers that just about any* kind of occupation or professional activity has the potential to cause discomfort and/or injury of some kind – and tap dancing is no exception. Despite its long history, however, it […]
Ig Nobel show (w duck opera) Friday at Imperial College
The 2014 Ig Nobel Tour of Europe begins Friday night, March 14, at Imperial College London. It features: Marc Abrahams Sue Gibson and The QI Elves performing Dramatic Improbable Readings from bizarre, genuine research reports Mason Porter (Bipolar patients as oscillators) Andrew George reciting the entire works of the bad poet McGonagall, or a portion thereof) Ig Nobel Prize […]
Improbable on Loose Ends on Saturday
I’m going to be on the ‘Loose Ends‘ radio program on BBC 4 this Saturday night, March 15, talking about the new book This Is Improbable Too. Clive Anderson is the host. The other guests are John Lloyd, who has been rather busy over the years (Not the Nine O’Clock News, Spitting Image, The Hitchhiker’s Guide […]