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“Dung Beetle Astronomy”— an Ig Nobel favorite moment

July 19, 2020 Seth Gliksman

This historic Ig Nobel Favorite Moment video stars Geri Sullivan, who helped organize many of the Ig Nobel Prize ceremonies. The Ig Nobel Prizes honor achievements that make people LAUGH, then THINK. The moment she describes happened at the 2013 ceremony. The 30th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony will be webcast September 17, 2020, […]

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Guess the narrator’s favorite excretory system

September 18, 2016 Marc Abrahams

Can you guess the narrator’s favorite excretory system in this film, “Excretory Systems in Animals“, produced in 1971 at Indiana University? It’s not easy. The narrator maintains an even, deadpan tone at *almost* all times.

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What is your favorite dinosaur, and why?

April 16, 2015 Marc Abrahams

Darrin Pagnac, of the Museum of Geology at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, teache sthe course GEOL 372, Dinosaurs, every spring. He writes (in the Transforming Time Into Space blog): The course is geared toward sophomore majors and upper-level non-majors.  I specifically keep it light and utilize it less to instruct the intricacies of […]

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