The American Chemical Society made this five-minute video essay about Theo Gray and his invention: four-legged periodic table table. The 2002 Ig Nobel Prize in chemistry honored the inventor and the invention: BONUS: Theo Gray’s relatives’ “nauseatingly cute” version of Tom Lehrer’s classic song “The Elements”:
Category: Ig Nobel
News about the Ig Nobel Prizes — honoring achievements that make people LAUGH, then THINK.
A Feminist Science Reading of Dr. Bodnar’s Ig Nobel Prize-Winning Emergency Bra
A coming event: Public Health Striptease: A Feminist Science Reading of Dr. Bodnar’s Ig Nobel Prize-Winning Emergency Bra Baltimore Under Ground Science Space, Baltimore, MD Friday, November 15, 2013 from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM (EST) Well up pops Dr. Clare Jen, a researcher at UMd College Park based at Denisen U, wanting to interview the women […]
New brand of underwear: The newness smells suspicious
News reports in Britain and elsewhere tout a new British brand of underwear, named “Shreddies“, that uses a carbon filter to trap bad-smelling gasses. The manufacturer says the underwear is “award-winning“. This video compilation shows several recent TV accounts of it: But the basic product is not new, nor is it British. The original such […]
“Can students tell, based just on the titles and descriptions…”
From the NY Times blog “The Learning Network”, October 9, 2013: On Cells and Nobels: Understanding and Modeling Prize-Winning Work on Vesicles By JENNIFER CUTRARO and KATHERINE SCHULTEN …Then project the following at the front of the room for students to read. Explain that these are all titles of articles published in various scientific journals. […]