This may be our favorite general comment, ever, about the Ig Nobel Prize winners: ” At first I was like but then I was like ”
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Ig Nobel winner Tuk explains her urination paper
Deutsche Welle recorded an interview [click here to hear it] with Mirjam Tuk, co-winner of the 2011 Ig Nobel Prize in physiology. They write: Full interview with Mirjam Tuk Check out this interview with Dutch researcher Mirjam Tuk, who recently shared an Ig Nobel Prize with two colleagues for a study arguing that our efforts at self-control in […]
Watching the Ig Nobel webcast, in Oz
If you are in Australia, you might plan to watch the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony live webcast on the Australian Broadcasting Corp web site. The ABC has a preview, with video of one of Oz’s many past winners, and a descriptive listing of several others. Here’s the ABC’s partial list (these are just in science categories) of […]
mini-helicopter contest & the Ig Nobel webcast
New Scientist magazine is running a win-a-mini-helicopter contest in connection with the Ig Nobel webcast. Full details are on the NS site. Here’s a short version: Win a mini helicopter in our Ig Nobel Prize contest Once you have a mini helicopter, you’ll wonder how you ever lived without one – especially if you need […]