A special Ig Nobel Prize ceremony will be held at the Festival della Scienza, in Genoa, Italy, on Friday night, October 24. It will begin at 9:00 pm, in the Sala del Maggior Consiglio of the Palazzo Ducale. Two 2008 Ig Nobel Prize-winning teams will receive their Ig Nobel Prizes. (Both teams were unable to […]
Logic Lesson: How to identify a second-rate person
Italian member of the Parliament Gabriella Carlucci is giving logic lessons. Today’s lesson is the idea that: Anyone who does not have a Nobel Prize is at best second-rate. Carlucci has been making speeches and writing letters disparaging the work of Italian physicist Luciano Maiani. Carlucci, who does not yet have a Nobel Prize, sent […]
Plucked from Obscurity: Anti-Terrorism Mask
U.S. patent #7255627 was granted to Elena N. Bodnar of Hinsdale, Illinois, and Raphael C. Lee and Sandra Marijan of Chicago on August 14, 2007 for an “Garment device convertible to one or more facemasks.” Their intent, they say, is “to provide a garment which is operable to be converted into a facemask” and “to […]
H. Paul Shuch joins LFHCfS
H. Paul Shuch has joined the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists. He says: This photo shows me lecturing (?) this past summer at NRAO Green Bank, West Virginia. My hair speaks for itself. H. Paul Shuch, Ph.D., LFHCfS Executive Director Emeritus, The SETI League, Inc. Cogan Station Pennsylvania, USA