John Troyer, a newly arrived scholar at the University of Bath’s Centre for Death and Society, dug up evidence of a little-unappreciated gap in the law. His study, called Abuse of a Corpse: A Brief History and Re-Theorisation of Necrophilia Laws in the USA, appears in the only-occasionally-ghoulish journal Mortality. Troyer spotlights an incident that […]
The 2008 Ig Nobel Prize winners
The 2008 Ig Nobel Prizes were awarded last night at the 18th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony. Click here to see a list of the winners. Recorded video is (or soon will be) posted for your viewing pleasure, displeasure or indifference. Related event: The new winners will try to explain what they did and […]
Laugh-and-think doubleheader webcasts
Thursday night, October 2, offers two events — one right after the other — that might be surprisingly similar: 7:30 pm (US eastern time)—The 18th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony 9:00 pm (US eastern time)—The US Vice Presidential Candidates Debate The Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony will be WEBCAST LIVE here at http://www.improbablecom.wpcomstaging.com. The ceremony […]
Ig winners—Where are they now?
Network World, gearing themselves to absorb tomorrow night’s Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony and webcast, prepared a grand look back (and forth) at several past Ig Nobel Prize winners. Click on the image below (taken from their report) to see details and lots of photos.