This photo shows the latest in our series of experiments in which a good artist live-illustrates a lecture. This was at the NEMO science museum in Amsterdam, on April 15, 2025. The show was the concluding event in the 2025 Ig Nobel EuroTour. The photo (taken by NEMO’s ace photographer) shows artist Keira Lee Rice […]
This year’s Ig Nobel Euro (and Brexitannia) Tour begins a few days from now, with events in Switzerland, the UK, and The Netherlands. It stars many Ig Nobel Prize winners — each has done something so surprising that it makes people LAUGH, then THINK. Here is the schedule: Monday, March 31, 2025, 6:00 pm — […]
Here’s the updated schedule for the 2020 Ig Nobel Euro (and Brexitannia) Tour, running through most of March and April: <https://tinyurl.com/vtp5d5z> Milano postponed We have indefinitely postponed (thanks, Corona virus travel complications!) the events that were planned for Milan, Italy. Extra events in the UK and northern Europe? The schedule now has two slots open […]
A big thank you to everyone and everything who (or that) came to, helped organize, or otherwise was part of the 2019 Ig Nobel EuroTour. It all happened in six weeks, in ten countries: Scotland, England, Austria, The Czech Republic, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Poland, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Germany, and Italy (again). Several of the events were webcast, including […]