The QI [which stands for “Quite Interesting] quiz program (hosted by Stephen Fry, broadcast on the BBC), featured the Ig Nobel Prizes. This new QI episode [see below] also featured a visit from Chris McManus of University College London. Professor McManus was awarded the 2002 Ig Nobel Prize in biology for his study called “Scrotal Asymmetry in Man and in Ancient Sculpture“, published […]
Tag: Testicles
Neuticals noticed in San Francisco
The invention honored by the 2005 Ig Nobel Prize in medicine inspire the San Francisco Chronicle‘s “Tails of the City” blogger to do some moral calculus: Nothing prepared me for my recent introduction to Neuticals, the “revolutionary” and patented testicular implant for pets…. Read the entire calculation on the Chronicle site. BONUS: The patent (#5868140) for […]
Ig Nobel winner reviews a peer’s book
One Ig Nobel Prize winner (Chris McManus, biology prize 2002, for his study “Scrotal Asymmetry in Man and Ancient Sculpture“) reviewed a new book written by another Ig Nobel Prize winner (Daniel Lieberman, physics prize 2009, for analytically determining why pregnant women don’t tip over), in the February 17, 2011 issue of The Times Higher […]
“Tentacles? Testicles!” — Treats on Trays
A Kansas State University researcher takes a colorful approach to a supposedly bland subject: “Tentacles? Testicles! A Sampling of Perceptions on Uneatable Food Items Among Undergraduate Students,” Anne Donovan, presented at the Associaton of American Geographers 2009 Annual Meeting, Las Vegas (Thanks to Juanita Brown for bringing this to our attention.)