News about the Ig Nobel Prizes — honoring achievements that make people LAUGH, then THINK.
The theme of this year’s Ig Nobel Prize ceremony, on September 3, will be FUNGI. Each year there is a new theme. The theme does not necessarily apply to the new Ig Nobel Prize winners — rather it is a springboard for opera songs and other interstitial parts of the ceremony. The photo you see […]
Soon will come the day of the 36th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony, in Zurich, Switzerland. If you can’t make it there, do join one of the eight Official Watch Parties that we – here and now – officially announce and endorse: USA – Cambridge, Massachusetts – hosted by Swissnex; Flanders – Antwerp – […]
Yes, there are card games that make people LAUGH, and yes, there are card games that make people THINK. Now, new to the world, there is an official card game based on the Ig Nobel Prizes, which are all about research that makes people LAUGH, then THINK. Ig Nobel: Improbable Research, The Game is the […]
David Kessler, stage manager of the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony, took a statistical wander through the archives of the 24/7 Lectures. These little lectures happen as part of the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony. In each 24/7 Lecture, one of the world’s great thinkers explains their topic twice: First, a complete, technical description, in 24 seconds […]