[NOTE: The photo shows historic — and rare — pubic lice specimens in the collection of the Natural History Museum in Rotterdam.] The Telegraph of India today published a letter of concern about the current work of Ig Nobel Prize winner Kees Moeliker. The letter says: Close shave Sir — That the chainsaw is responsible […]
Ig Nobel Prize winner Daniel Bonn, together with colleagues Menno Demmenie and Stefan Kooij, celebrates the winter holiday season by playing with ice. They explain: “We love ice; not just because we are based in the Netherlands, where we yearn for skating on frozen canals, but also because of its fascinating physics. This December, we […]
This historic Ig Nobel Favorite Moment video stars Sarah Redmond & Dan Gillingwater, who performed musically in many Ig Nobel events in London, including this opera premiere in 2015. (The Ig Nobel Prizes honor achievements that make people LAUGH, then THINK. As does this artisticized saga of the duck.) Coordinator, Narrator, & Typist: Seth Gliksman Here […]
The first-ever Ig Nobel Prize show in France happened this week. Here is a review by Media24 [machine-translated into English]. (Media24 also has podcast episode about this.) Soon after, the magazine Sciences et Avenir published a review. Later in the week, the wire service AFP interviewed some of the Ig people. For the first time […]