Russian science journalist Dmitry Borisov wrote a comprehensive, good history of the Ig Nobel Prizes, in the publication N+1. It’s written in the Russian language. Here, below, is a machine-translation into English. (Note: the original, Russian version includes additional graphics). Shameful prestige How the Ig Nobel Prize Became a Status Award by Dmitri Borisov On […]
Every year, the new Ig Nobel Prize winners get a discerning and artistic look by the science and graphics teams at Dagens Nyheter, Sweden’s largest newspaper. Here is this year’s Ig Nobel report. (See some press clippings from elsewhere, too, on our press clippings page.)
The special Ig Nobel issue of the magazine (volume 29, number 6) has just gone out to subscribers. It’s got copious details about the 2023 prize winners and the ceremony. And more. Lotsa stuff that makes people LAUGH, then THINK. The magazine is in PDF format. You can buy a copy, or buy a subscription.
This week’s Feedback column (that I write) in New Scientist magazine is about the new Ig Nobel Prize winners. The Feedback column was created and edited by John Hoyland. I first knew Feedback (and John’s work) as a subscriber to New Scientist. Every year the column would have an especially fun and interesting writeup of the new Ig […]