The 26th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony happens today — Thursday, September 22, 2016. Watch the live webcast here. The broadcast will start at 5:40 PM US eastern time. The ceremony itself begins at 6:00 PM US Eastern Time. (Want to attend the ceremony in person, at Harvard University’s Sanders Theatre? Tickets have been sold out for a while […]
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Podcast 26: A look back at the 2014 Ig Nobel Prize winners (PART 1)
Trod-upon banana peels; deities in toast; late night psychopaths; cat hazards; dog alignment; really, really, really heavy marijuana users; fat people’s shoes; spearmint tea and hairy women; and someone who swallowed a fork — all these all turn up in this week’s Improbable Research podcast. Click on the “Venetian blinds” icon — at the lower right corner here […]
The Ig Nobel Prizes (NHK’s fab documentary)
In 2002, NHK, Japan’s public TV network, made this documentary about the Ig Nobel Prizes. They broadcast it in Japan on Christmas eve, a time when much of the nation stays home, imbibes delicious substances, and watches television. We were told that the broadcast received the largest audience of anything broadcast on NHK during that […]