Investigator Francie DuBose alerted us to this TV news interview. The interview segment is called “Higher Learning.” Peter Kerwin, a Rhode Island education official, is delightedly telling the interviewer about some of the new Ig Nobel Prize winners. The interviewer may have been slightly misinformed beforehand about the basic topic, and may have been focusing her […]
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Ig Nobel: Laugh and then Think, rephrased
This may be our favorite general comment, ever, about the Ig Nobel Prize winners: ” At first I was like but then I was like ”
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 […]
Ig Nobel tickets will go on sale AUGUST 2
Tickets for the Twenty-First 1st Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony will go on sale TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 2011, at noon. Unlike previous years, ALL the tickets will go on sale at once. We expect that this year’s tickets will (as usual) get snapped up very quickly. The Harvard Box Office handles all ticket sales. Tickets in Person: The […]
Korean edition of Ig Nobel book
The Korean edition of the Ig Nobel Prizes book has just been published (ISBN : 978-89-522-1501-7-0340). Spread the word, please!
Jason Webley on the origin of bacteria
Jason Webley explains why and how he wrote the song “Bacteria” during the tech rehearsal for last year’s Ig Nobel Prize ceremony. He and Amanda Palmer, who when conjoined form the supergroup Evelyn Evelyn, premiered the song as part of the 201o Ig Nobel Prize ceremony. This video was taken at Jason’s recent solo show […]
Bijan, DNA Cologne creator & Ig Nobel winner, dies
Bijan Pakzad, winner of the 1995 Ig Nobel Prize in chemistry, has died. Bijan (as both he and his company were best known) was awarded the prize for creating DNA Cologne and DNA Perfume, neither of which contain deoxyribonucleic acid, and both of which come in a triple helix bottle. The Persian Independent reports: Born […]
Ig Nobel & McGonagall 2nite in Dundee!
Tonight’s the night in Dundee! Three Ig Nobel Prize winners AND a revelation that is of absolutely no importance, but of great and goofy enjoyment to many in the English-speaking world. The revelation: Several poems by the bad poet William Topaz McGonagall — poems that have never been published in any book — will be […]