The New York Times today recommends this TV program: 1 P.M. (TV5Monde) QUAND LA SCIENCE FAIT RIRE (2012) What effect do roller coasters have on asthma treatments? Does swearing ease pain? Do we swim more quickly in water or in syrup? The director of this program, Roland Portiche, whose title translates as “When Science Is Funny,” […]
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Ig Nobel program premieres Friday night on France 5 TV
A reminder: Quand la Science Fair Rire, a television program about the Ig Nobel Prizes and Ig Nobel Prize winners, premieres on France 5, on Friday night, September 28. Produced by Frederic Lepage and directed by Roland Portiche for Paris-based FL Concepts, this and subsequent episodes will later also be shown on public television networks in […]
Ig Nobel TV program premieres in France on Sept 28
Quand la Science Fair Rire, a television program about the Ig Nobel Prizes and Ig Nobel Prize winners, premieres on France 5, on Friday night, September 28. Produced by Frederic Lepage and directed by Roland Portiche for Paris-based FL Concepts, this and subsequent episodes will later also be shown on public television networks in other countries […]
Ig Nobel Prizes as a category on Jeopardy!
For the fifth or so time, The Ig Nobel Prizes was a category on the Jeopardy! TV game show. The J-Archive has details. Here are the questions—or, rather, the answers—used on the April 9, 2012 broadcast: (Thanks to Mike Leavell for bringing this to our attention.)