We love to receive fan mail. Here’s a note that’s just arrived, right on the eve of this year’s Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony: Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 21:11:03 -0700 (PDT)From: "davepro_99@yahoo.com"Subject: bad idea I saw your name related to a news story making its way across the wires. If you have any input into […]
Devinity on high
Betsy Devine is blogging part of her Frankly multifarious Ig Nobel experience from a mountaintop in Bavaria. Thanks to the web (and providing that the technological fates are willing) she will be able to watch her handiwork via the live webcast. Betsy is one third of the team — Dave Feldman and Keith Clark are […]
Batchelor Turbulence
At least a few of the readers who enjoyed "Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone" (and its sequels) will marvel at "G.K. Batchelor and the Homogenization of Turbulence."
Glauber’s sweeping success
Congratulations to Ig Nobel sweeper Roy Glauber [click on the link to see an action photo], who has just won a Nobel Prize in physics! For the past ten years, Roy has been a vital participant in the annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony. By spontaneous tradition, the Ig audience throws paper airplanes at the stage […]