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- "Ig Nobels are going online," Boston Globe," December 31, 2007
- "Is there any reason why "serious" journals shouldn't experiment with the same model?" Open Access News, December 29, 2007
- "Les Dingos de la Paix," Upstreet [France], December 2007
- "Listening to country music could be pushing you over the edge," Vancouver Sun, December 29, 2007
- "Annals of Improbable Research Goes Open-Access," Wired, December 28, 2007
- "The World of Improbable Research," Tales of the World, December 28, 2007
- "Ig Nobel Mag Goes Online for Free," Wired News, December 27, 2007
- "Ig Nobel Prize publisher to go free online," CNET, December 27, 2007
- "Editor's choice: Orthopaedic gorillas no more," BMJ, December 22, 2007
- "Fur, feathers and scales," AFP, December 19, 2007
- "Crooning through the years," China Daily, December 10, 2007
- "The Ig Nobel Prizes" [video], NTV [Russia], December 9, 2007
- "Insegrevious Paratereseomaniacs," A Way With Words [audio], December 8, 2007
- "The Best of Annals of Improbable Research," Book Reviews 101, December 1, 2007
- "Interview with Glenda Browne," Penrith High School Newsletter, November 2007
- "Highlights from the Ig Nobel Awards" [audio], National Public Radio, November 23, 2007
- "The world's quirkiest scientists mingle at a Brookline house party," Boston Globe, November 23, 2007
- "Ig Nobel Prizes celebrate the unusual with laughter," Buffalo News, November 15, 2007
- "Ig Nobel winner talks inspiration," Taipei Times, November 4, 2007
- "Gay Bomb," New Scientist, November 3, 2007
- "Quando la scienza diverte tutti" and "Gli Ig Nobel alla Loggia," Festival della Scienza blog [Italy], October 27, 2007
- "I premi Ig Nobel - Cose che fanno prima ridere e poi riflettere," E cosa ci vuoi fare? [Italy], October 28, 2007
- "Il Premio Ignobel: la scienza fa ridere," Mentolocale [Italy], October 27, 2007
- "The Ig Nobel Awards," Student, October 26, 2007
- "Did You Hear?" Financial Mail, October 25, 2007
- "Ig Nobel Prizes," Hankooky [Korea], October 25, 2007
- "Morning File: 'Tis Nobeler to snag an Ig, if you're not too touchy about it," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 22, 2007
- "Shock! Eating a sword hurts," News & Star, October 22, 2007
- "[A ciência] reduziu imenso o seu foco," Correio Da Manha [Portugal], October 21, 2007
- "The Ignobility of Wrinkles," Science News, October 20, 2007
- "And the winner is...," Tasmania Mercury, October 19, 2007
- "Gay bomb Nobel Peace Prize! ? Executive Nobel Prize 2007,” KISTI [South Korea] October 18, 2007
- "The bottomless appetite," New Zealand Herald, October 18, 2007
- "The prize for the craziest awards ceremony," Belfast Telegraph, October 18, 2007
- "Ig Nobel Prizes 2007," Sciscape [Taiwan], October 18, 2007
- "Wild und frei," Falter [Austria], October 17, 2007
- "The 2007 Ig Nobel Prizes," Munhwa [Korea], October 16, 2007
- "When It Comes To Overeating, The Eyes Have It," National Post, October 16, 2007
- "Unique experiments at Café Scientifique," Minnesota Daily, October 15, 2007
- "Soup Study Wins Prof Mock Nobel," Cornell Sun, October 15, 2007
- "Ig Nobel Prize: Ridiculous triumph for crazy researchers," Pravda [Russia], October 15, 2007
- "Ig Nobel Prizes: odd but legit," The Heights, October 15, 2007
- "Sword swallowing is dangerous," Channel 4 News [UK], October 15, 2007
- "Top honours at this year's Ig Nobel Awards," South China Morning Post, October 15, 2007
- "Buscan llevar a la práctica experimento sobre el Viagra que resultó premiado," Diario Hoy [Argentina], October 14, 2007
- "Chinese Thief-Trap Inventor Honored," Shanghai Evening Post [China], October 14, 2007
- "Creación de una ‘bomba gay’ gana el Ig Nobel de la Paz," Nacion [Costa Rica], October 14, 2007
- "Whoops apocalypse," Belfast Telegraph, October 14, 2007
- "Bottomless Soup Bowl Proves Eyes Are Bigger Than Stomach," City News,
- "Joseph Taddeo was one of the Seven Dwarfs," Palm Beach Post, October 14, 2007
- "Good Morning Lowcountry," Birmingham Courier and Post, October 14, 2007
- "East-West crossroads," Life Plus [South Korea], October 14, 2007
- "El otro Nobel colombiano," El Espectador [Colombia], October 13, 2007
- "Gay bomb and BMJ authors win prizes," BMJ, October 13, 2007
- "Ig Nobel prizes 2007," New Scientist, October 13, 2007
- "Editorial: The lighter side of science," Las Vegas Sun, October 12, 2007
- "Bottomless bowls are an Ig Nobel winner," PhysOrg, October 12, 2007
- "Definitely the article," The Australian, October 12, 2007
- "The Funniest Science on Earth"[with many images], Popular Science, October 12, 2007
- "Hartselle Ig Nobel winner on cutting edge," Birmingham News, October 12, 2007
- "Joshing, spoofing and damage," Walt at Random, October 12, 2007
- "Wansink takes Ig Nobel prize," Calorie Counter, October 12, 2007
- "Plagiaat? No problem, sahib!" C2W [The Netherlands], October 12, 2007
- "And finally…," Echo, October 12, 2007
- "The Null's Top Ten Ig Nobel Winners," Null Hypothesis, October 12, 2007
- "Researchers honoured for truth that’s hard to swallow," OnMedica, October 12, 2007
- "The bottomless appetite," Reuters, October 11, 2007
- "Ig Nobel Prizes Awarded," Dar al Hayat [Arabic], October 11, 2007
- "Weapons of War Scoop Spoof Nobels," Nature, October 11, 2007
- "Sword swallower from area earns national award," Decatur Daily, October 10, 2007
- Interview with Ig Nobel winner Brian Wansink [VIDEO], U.S. Food Policy Television, October 10, 2007
- "Some prizes more noble than others," Regina Leader-Post, October 10, 2007
- "2007 Ig Nobel Awards Parodies Weird Science," AHN [The Philippines], October 10, 2007
- "Weird Science Rewarded," Montreal Gazette, October 10, 2007
- "Indexer's Ig Nobel proves all the go," The Australian, October 10, 2007
- “Side effects ingesting swords," Welt [Germany], October 10, 2007
- "Un ensayo linguistico con ratas logra un 'anti-Nobel'," La Vos de Asturias [Spain], October 10, 2007
- "Indexer's Ig Nobel proves all the go," Australian, OCtober 10, 2007
- "The Ig Nobel Prizes," Shanghai Evening Post [China], October 10, 2007
- "Viagra gegen Jet-Lag bei Hamstern und Vanille aus Kuhfladen," AFP [Germany], October 10, 2007
- "Vanilla perfume Japanese Yamamoto awarding 2007 Nobel Prize from the droppings of the cow," AFP [Japan] Daily, October 10, 2007
- "ASSEGNATI I PRESTIGIOSI PREMI ‘IG-NOBEL’," Tuttoggi [Italy], October 10,2007
- "A cure hiccups wins the Nobel Prize!?," Media General Science [South Korea], October 9, 2007
- "The 17th "funny Nobel Prize" announced: China winning the first Chinese Economics Prize," NetEase [China] October 9,2007
- "The Most Coveted Award in Science...the Ig Nobels," Genome Technology, October 9, 2007
- "A new cure for jet lag?" Star-Ledger, October 9, 2007
- "Salute the simple sword of truth [or here for prettier version]" Guardian, October 9, 2007
- "Self-filling soup bowls garner CU's Wansink an 'Ig Nobel'," Cornell Chronicle, October 9, 2007
- "By the Sword," Cocktail Party Physics, October 9, 2007
- "Ig Nobel Prizes 'make people laugh . . . and think,' Daily Free Press, October 9, 2007
- "Patch Tuesday Sees Four Critical Patches/ 2007 Ig Nobel Awards Presented," Redmond Report, October 9, 2007
- "Orthodox human rights activist: gay-parades should be equated with weapons of mass destruction," Interfax [Russia], October 9, 2007
- "Five years in college ... for this," Independent [Ireland], October 9, 2007
- "Ig Nobels and science journalism," Nature, October 8, 2007
- "Taiwan's Ig Nobel winner surfaces in Taichung, China Post, October 8, 2007
- "Lachwekkendste onderzoeken beloond," De Standaard [Belgium], October 9, 2007
- "Hamsters on Viagra - and then things become really weird," Shanghai Daily [China], October 8, 2007
- "Blinded by 'science'," PressConnects, October 8, 2007
- "2007 Ig Nobel Prizes," Chemical & Engineering News, October 8, 2007
- "Ig Nobel Prizes Award Unusual Research," Sina [Shina], October 8, 2007
- "Viagra vir hamsters en beesmis-vanielje," Beeld [South Africa], October 8, 2007
- "GAY BOMB wins Peace Prize," ElectricShow [Singapore], October 8, 2007
- "Lecker Vanille aus Kuhfladen," Biz Awards [GERMANY], October 8, 2007
- "This years 'bizarre Nobel Prize' Who is glorious?," Media General Science [South Korea], October 8, 2007
- "Ig Nobel," Bodegones [Italy], October 7,2007
- "Harvard awarded this year's Ig Nobel Prize, the jokes," IT Bear [China], October 7, 2007
- "Ratas,'bombas gay' y tragadores de sables," El Pais [Argentina], October 7, 2007
- "Gay bomb' developer wins Ig Nobel award," Sydney Morning Herald [Australia], October 7, 2007
- "And the winners of the 2007 IG Nobel are . . .," Boston Herald, October 7, 2007
- "'Gay bomb' proposal wins comical prize," Gay NZ, October 7, 2007
- "Smarties Gone Wild: The Ig Nobels," Bostonist, October 7, 2007
- "Annual Ig Nobel awards honor quirky inventions, Taipei Times, October 6, 2007
- "Ig-Nobla zgarnia," Gazeta [Poland], October 6, 2007
- "To 'the' or not to 'the' — that is the question," The Age, October 6, 2006
- "Escinsel bombasina Ig-Nobel," Millyet [Turkey], October 6, 2006
- "TOKYO: Japanese wins prize for cow dung idea," Asahi Shimbun [Japan], October 6, 2007
- "Indian Origin Scientist Wins Ig Nobel Prize!" New Kerala, October 6, 2007
- “Prijs voor ‘de stofjuffrouw’,” NRC Handelsblad [The Netherlands], Oct 6, 2007
- "2007 funny "alternative Nobel Prize" promulgated," Guangzhou Daily [China], October 6, 2007
- "Ig Nobel Prizes Are Given to 2007 Winners” 2007," Manager [Thailand], October 6, 2007
- "Sword Study's a Cut Above," Gloucestershire Citizen, October 6, 2007
- "Japanese Cow Dung Vanilla Researcher Wins Ig Nobel Prize," [VIDEO], FNN [Japan], October 6, 2007
- "Ein Rohrkrepierer," Taz [Germany], October 6, 2007
- "Inte nobla men roliga pristagare," DagensNyheter [Sweden], October 6, 2007
- "La Ciencia nos mata de risa," ABC [Spain], October 6, 2007
- "Ig Nobel," Taiwan Calling, October 6, 2007
- "The science is also crazy the kind of Nobel prize to promulgate in addition," Hubei Television [China], October 6, 2007
- "Sword Swallowing Is Dangerous" [video], Channel 4 News, October 5, 2007, and "Science Punk on TV," Science Punk, October 6, 2007
- "Bombentypen," Taz [Germany], October 5, 2007
- "Estudo sobre "bomba gay" ganha prêmio Ig Nobel," Folha [Brazil], October 5, 2007
- "artovnú nobelovku udelili za vanilku z hnoja," Pravda [Russia], October 5, 2007
- "Ig Nobel awards celebrate funny, thought-provoking research," and "On the Shoulders of Giants," MSN, October 5, 2007
- "Taiwan Inventor wins Ig Nobel Prize," Daily Apple [Taiwan], October 5, 2007
- "Taiwan inventor wins Ig Nobel for bank robber trapping system," China Post, October 5, 2007
- "Un IgNobel pour le décalage horaire chez le hamster," Le Figaro, October 5, 2007
- "Every one’s a winner in the science of swords, Viagra and dung vanilla," Times—London, October 5, 2007
- "Poop Vanilla, Endless Soup Among 2007 Ig Nobels," National Geographic News, October 5, 2007
- "The Ig Nobel Awards," News 10 Syracuse [with video, sort of], October 5, 2007
- "Ig Nobel Prizes Stranger Than Fiction," Science Now, October 5, 2007
- "Harvard assegna i Nobel alternativi: ‘bomba gay’ e vaniglia dallo sterco delle mucche," Il Messaggero [Italy], October 5,2007
- "Bomba gay anti-nemico, ecco l'IG-Nobel," prizes awarded by the most questionable of the world," Corriere Della Sera [Italy], October 5,2007
- "Viagra ai criceti e bombe gay Il volto bizzarro della scienza," La Repubblica [Italy], October 5, 2007
- "Viagra hilft Hamstern gegen Jet-Lag," Abendblatt, [Germany], October 5, 2007
- "In hamsters, Viagra helps alleviate jet lag ," Innovation Economy, October 5, 2007
- "Per la Pace premiata la Bomba gay," prizes awarded by the most questionable of the world," Quotidiano [Italy], October 5,2007
- "Assegnati i premi Ig Nobel," Pupia [Italy], October 5,2007
- "This year 'bizarre Nobel Prize' of animal dung created by vanilla," Union News [South Korea], October 5, 2007
- "The power of 'the' wins Ig Nobel," ABC [Australia], October 5, 2007
- "‘Egg’ Nobel Awards Play Chicken Last Night," MIT—The Tech, October 5, 2007
- "'Gay Bomb' Wins 2007 Ig Nobel Prize," Towleroad, October 5, 2007
- "It's official: swallowing swords hurts your throat," [with slide show] Guardian, October 5, 2007
- "Vanille aus Kuhfladen: IgNobel-Preis wurden verliehen," Der Standard [Austria], October 5, 2007
- "'Gay Bomb' Developers Receive Ig Nobel Prize," Gayweird, October 5, 2007
- "The IgNobel Awards," Polly Vous Francais, October 5, 2007
- "Bovine benefit from the vanilla fragrance," AFPBB News [Japan], October 5, 2007
- "Go ahead and vote," St John's Telegram, October 5, 2007
- "Weer een Nederlandse winnaar Ig Nobel prijzen," de Volkskrant [the Netherlands], October 5, 2007
- "Eccentricity Entertains at Ig Nobels," Harvard Crimson, October 5, 2007
- "Ig Nobel Prizes Honor Japanese Chemist," Asahi, October 5, 2007
- "Het bed, de mijten en de prijs, Noorderlicht VPRO, October 5, 2007
- "An Ig Nobel diary," Nature, October 5, 2007
- "Gay bomb proposal wins satirical prize," Pink News UK, October 5, 2007
- "Q&A: 'Axis of innovation could shift to the East'," Times of India, October 5, 2007
- "Japanese Vanilla Dung Discovery Cops Ig Nobel Prize," Mianichi [Japan], October 5, 2007
- "Ig Noblesse oblige" and "2007 Ig Nobel winners" and "Scientists salute the good, the bad, the Ig-ly," Boston Globe, October 5, 2007
- "El 'Antinobel', por primera vez para tres argentinos" and "Un Antinobel para 3 argentinos," Clarin [Argentina], October 5, 2007
- "Prawie jak Nagroda Nobla," Dziennik [Poland], October 5, 2007
- "'Bomba gay' e baunilha extraída de estrume levam o Ignobel 2007," Globo [Brazil], October 5, 2007
- "Ig Nobel Goes to Vanilla-from-Dung Innovator," Sankei MSN [Japan], October 5, 2007
- "Love a duck - it's time for the Ig Nobels" Guardian, October 5, 2007
- "IG-NOBEL” PRIZE, DISCOVERY THAT SWALLOWING SWORDS IS HARMFUL," AGI [Italy], October 5, 2007
- "Ig Nobel Laureates Do Studies on Subjects That Include Gay Love Bombs and Crusty Bedmates," Chronicle of Higher Education, October 5, 2007
- "Gay Bombs, Bottomless Soup Bowls and Hamsters on Viagra: the 2007 Ig Nobel Prizes," Wired News, October 5, 2007
- "Spammers target hamsters after Ig Nobel winning research," The Register, October 5, 2007
- “Ig Nobel award winners announced," vnunet, October 5, 2007
- "Sword swallowing is dangerous," Channel 4 [UK], October 5, 2007
- "Military wins Ig Nobel peace prize for 'gay bomb'," New Scientist, October 5, 2007
- "Love not war: gay bomb is a hit at awards," Irish Examiner, October 5, 2007
- "'Gay Bomb' Developers Receive Ig Nobel Prize," Gay Wired, October 5, 2007
- "Ig Nobel awards give peace (and animal dung) a chance,” CNet, October 5, 2007
- "CU researcher wins ‘Ig Noble' for quirky study," The Ithaca Journal October 5, 2007
- "'Gay bomb', cow dung study among Ig Nobel winners," Reuters, October 5, 2007
- "2007 Ig Nobel Awards Announced," SlashDot, October 5, 2007
- "Hamsters on Viagra take center stage at spoof Nobel awards," AFP [France], October 5, 2007
- "Sword Swallowing Wins Award," Gloucestershire Citizen, October 5, 2007
- "American project of the "bomb gay" gains Ig prize Nobel of the useless research," G Magazine [Brazil], October 5, 2007
- "Ig Nobels go to sword swallowing, gay bomb," Ars Technica, October 5, 2007
- "Gay bomb wins award," InTheNews, October 5, 2007
- "'Gay Bomb', Hamster Jetlag Cure Win Ig Nobel Awards," Sofia News Agency, October 5, 2007
- "Les anti-Nobel 2007: palmarès loufoque," Le Post [France], October 5, 2007
- "Delirantes premios Anti-Nobel distinguieron a América latina y España," Univision, October 5, 2007
- "Sword swallowing study wins alternative Nobel prize," Telegraph—London, October 4, 2007
- "'Bomba gay' e novos efeitos do Viagra levam IgNobel de 2007," Estadao [Brazil], October 4, 2007
- "Ig Nobels honor crazy science with a point," MSNBC, October 4, 2007
- "'Gay bomb' scoops Ig Nobel award," BBC, October 4, 2007
- "Hoy mirá los Antinobel," Clarin [Argentina], October 4, 2007
- "Ig Nobel Prizes a Mouthful of Fun," October 4, 2007
- "Making fun of science," Nature Network, October 4, 2007
- "Real Nobel Laureates show their silly side at Ig Nobels ceremony," Associated Press, October 3, 2007
- "Ig Nobel: Honoring weird science at Harvard," October 2, 2007
- "Ode to the living dead," DNA [India], September 30, 2007
- "Tomorrow's headlines, today," CNN, September 28, 2007
- "Do try this at home," Times of London, September 27, 2007
- "Science, weird hats and fart jokes," Nashua Telegraph, September 26, 2007
- "New faculty welcomed," Union College Chronicle, September 17, 2007
- "It was a great week if you go for wacky science," Tallahassee Democrat, September 8, 2007
- "Did They Really Do That?," The Scientist, September 7, 2007
- "The Best of Annals of Improbable Research," Book Reviews 101, September 1, 2007
- "When Nanotech Was Popping," New York Times, August 31, 2007
- "Prize-Winning Scams" and "Gordon Brown's Maths," New Scientist, August 18, 2007
- "OUR IGNOBEL HISTORY: IF you've ever showered," Bend Weekly News, August 17, 2007
- "Weird Science," The Age, August 12, 2007
- "Making a monkey out of science," Guardian, July 19, 2007
- "The vagus nerve: a true information highway," North County Times, July 15, 2007
- "OUR IGNOBEL HISTORY: Jack and Rexella Van Impe," Bend Weekly News, July 6, 2007
- "'Neuticle' inventor defends his product's purpose," CTV, July 2, 2007
- "Weird science - but do we need proof of oddball facts," Scotsman, June 19, 2007
- "Global harmony achieved with a little help from the microphone echo function," Daily Yomiuri, June 16, 2007
- "Five-second rule for dropped food? Try 30," CTV, June 12, 2007
- "Our Ignobel History," Bend Weekly News, June 8, 2007
- "Five Second Rule? Relax," Hartford Courant, May 18, 2007
- "Annals of Improbable Research Goes Digital, Ig Nobel Founder Tells All" and photo gallery, Wired News, May 17, 2007
- "Germs Are Germs '5 Seconds' An Urban Myth Busted Again," Blogger News Network, May 12, 2007
- "The Five-Second Rule Explored, or How Dirty Is That Bologna?" New York Times, May 9, 2007
- "TM fans say it’s all in their head: Claim meditating fights stress, aids focus," Boston Herald, May 6, 2007
- "Scientist may be all wet in study of rain amounts on weekends," Reno Gazette Journal, May 4, 2007
- "Carrying a Tune," Bangkok Post, April 27, 2007
- "Sluts and vermin," Toronto Globe & Mail, April 26, 2007
- "Many run in Tokyo, but voters just can't say no," International Herald Tribune, April 8, 2007
- "Lachen en nadenken," Nieuw Rotterdam [The Netherlands], April 2007
- "Signing on," Nature, May 24, 2007
- "Cabbie, dilettante and prolific inventor in fray to lead Tokyo," AFP, March 6, 2007
- "Hiccups," The Science Show [audio and transcript], March 31, 2001
- "L'armatura di Robocop ora è realtà," Corriere della Sera [Italy], March 26, 2007
- "Inventor touts Robocop-style armour for use in Iraq," Register, March 25, 2007
- "Shocking documentary," Screen India, March 23, 2007
- "Japanese Candidate's 'Ultimate Missile Shield'", Danger Room, March 22, 2003
- "The Improbable Research Lecture Tour 2007," Velcro City Tourist Board, March 18, 2007
- "The Ig Nobel Tour - a unique experience," New Scientist, March 15, 2007
- "A club where scientists let hair down," Australian, March 14, 2007
- "Science Extra: Marc Abrahams," [podcast] Guardian Unlimited, March 12, 2007
- "Ig Nobel awards presentation," Western Mail, March 9, 2007
- "Tennessean discovers unusual cure for hiccups," Murfreesboro Post, February 25, 2007
- "The Ig Nobel Awards hit Cardiff," Gair Rhydd, February 24, 2007
- "The real ‘Woody the Woodpecker’", River Falls Journal, February 23, 2007
- "Waking up to Clocky," Business Standard, February 21, 2007
- "Genial behämmert," Stern [Germany], February 18, 2007
- "Connais-tu les IgNobel?" Les Debrouillards [Canada], February 2007
- "Ig Nobel awards put spotlight on wacky research," Tehachapi News, February 12, 2007
- "Paging Dr Frankenstein," Reader's Digest, February 2007
- "...he was more suited for the Ig-Nobel," Business Standard, February 10, 2007
- "Ig noble awards," MPDClick, February 9, 2007
- "Musing on sandwich patent applications," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, February 7, 2007
- "Great moments in human research (part 2)," Register, February 3, 2007
- "Great moments in human research (part 1)," Register, January 27, 2007
- "Bloedserieuze wetenschap voor lachende onderzoekers," Metro [The Netherlands], January 18, 2007
- "Consumer Lookout: Science steps in to help with pet projects," Minneapolis Star Tribune, January 14, 2007
- "From bears to bullets," Hamilton Spectator, January 11, 2007. [With associated video.]
- "Researchers awarded for weird science," Pasadena Star-News, January 11, 2007
- "Why Woodpeckers Don't Get Headaches," LiveScience, January 8, 2007
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