Eigel Reimers, who shared a 2014 Ig Nobel Prize with Sindre Eftestøl, for testing how reindeer react to seeing humans who are disguised as polar bears, tells all about it, in an essay he wrote for the Norwegian Polar Club. It says, in part: The question hung in the air and hung there: had the […]
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How do muskoxen react to humans disguised as polar bears?
The recent experiment by Joel Berger and colleagues, to test how muskoxen react to humans disguised as polar bears, was inspired by the Ig Nobel Prize-winning experiment done by two Norwegian scientists. This brief video shows the new experiment: The 2014 Ig Nobel Prize for arctic science was awarded to Eigil Reimers and Sindre Eftestøl, for […]
Celebrating Norway’s Ig Nobel Prize winners, and others, too
The Schrödingers katt science TV program celebrated some of Norway’s Ig Nobel Prize winners — and several other Ig Nobel Prize winners, too. They also interviewed me. Click on the image below, to be whisked to the Schrödingers katt web site and watch the entire episode: The featured Norwegian winners include: The 2014 Ig Nobel Prize for arctic science, awarded to Eigil Reimers and Sindre […]