Here are some video news reports about the 27th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony. (For lots more press accounts, dip into our Press Clips page.) El Pais [Spain] Mirror Weekly [Taiwan]: Euronews: NHK [Japan]: Livescience: VTC14 [Vietnam]: RTO [The Netherlands]: France Inter: Canal+ [France] Les IG Nobel, les prix Nobel des découvertes décalées (mais […]
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The adventures of Uterus Man
“Uterus Man” is an animated manga, created by LuYang. Reviewer Rowan Hooper (of New Scientist magazine) says: “Uterus Man rides a pelvic chariot, flies using blood powers, eats placenta.” Here is the video: [vimeo]82164043[/vimeo] BONUS (related): A more traditional — some might say unmanly or nonmanly — look at the uterus: BONUS (possibly related, possibly not): […]
MOOCs for marmosets, sort of, on branch if not online
Marmosets learn skills from watching instructional videos, at least some marmosets do, provided that someone does show them instructional videos, and further provided that those videos show tasks of interest to the marmosets. Such was the conclusion drawn by humans who did an experiment described by Davide Castelvecci in Nature News: Marmoset see, marmoset do Monkeys in the wild learn skills […]
For Enthusiasts of Sticks of Butter
Two items, one old, one new, for enthusiasts of sticks of butter. First, a patent: “Combined storing and slicing device for a stick of butter or margarine or the like,” US patent #4513501, granted to Jong S. Lee, April 30, 1983. The patent document explains: “The present invention relates to a combined storing and slicing device […]