Every Ig Nobel Prize ceremony since 1996 has included a new mini-opera, performed by professional opera singers (with Nobel Laureates acting in supporting roles). These mini-operas honor the tradition of the classic Bugs Bunny cartoons “What’s Opera, Doc?” and “Rabbit of Seville“—each mini-opera is a pasticcio that marries a brand new story & words to beloved […]
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Nations use the Ig Nobel Prize as a propaganda cudgel
Every nation is keen to find new propaganda weapons to use against its rival nations. Some nations now gleefully use the Ig Nobel Prize. Here’s a recent (September 18, 2019) example, in an editorial in the Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun: Ig Nobel Prizes encourage people to enjoy science with a smile Winners of the Ig […]
Laboratory News looks at almost 30 years of Ig Nobel stuff
There’s lots of quasi-juicy Ig Nobel history in this profile, in the British publication Laboratory News, by Jonathan Chadwick:
Ig Nobel Peace Prize winner Jacques Chirac has died
Jacques Chirac, who was awarded the 1996 Ig Nobel Peace Prize, has died. A news report in DW says: “The former French president, Jacques Chirac, has died ‘peacefully’ at the age of 86, his family said.’ The 1996 Ig Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Jacques Chirac, President of France, for commemorating the fiftieth anniversary […]