Newly reported research with dragonflies follows, at least in spirit, in the wingbeats of the Ig Nobel Prize-winning locust/Star Wars research. Greg Miller reports on the new work, in Wired: Scientists Put Backpacks on Dragonflies to Track Their Brains in Flight The brain of a dragonfly has to do some serious calculations — and fast […]
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A fun Ig Nobel TV news report from 2005
Here’s a fun TV news report about the 2005 Ig Nobel Prizes. This was on the MSNBC Countdown program. The news anchor was in an unusual mood. Click on the image to go to the MSNBC site and watch the interview: