V Sudarshan writes in the October 5, 2014 issue of The New Indian Express: Indians Also Lead in Improbable Research Some of you might be wondering if Indians have been completely ignored by the Ig Nobel committee and if Indians consequently are as under-represented in the Ig Nobel prize as they are in the Nobel […]
Year: 2014
They grew vaginas, they’re growing penises
Anthony Atala and colleagues at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine are busy making replacement parts. Their study “Tissue-engineered autologous vaginal organs in patients: a pilot cohort study” in The Lancet, published this year, tells of the distaff part of the story. A report in The Guardian tells of their efforts to build masculinature: “The lab-grown penis: approaching […]
Ig-winning pigeon-repellant researcher Hirose researches Ig-winning luak coffee
The Tribune reports [in Indonesian, here auto-translated somewhat confusingly into English]: Examining Indonesia Japanese Coffee Wins Ig Nobel Prize This incident is not unusual.Coffee from Indonesia studied, the Japanese can even particularly Ig Nobel Prize, the Nobel Prize or award given as the Nobel laureate considered to make people laugh, and then make further thinking. […]
Turgid and Obscure Language, from Roger Bolas
Turgid and obscure language impinges on the realm of medical ethics, apparently: “Turgid and Obscure Language,” Roger Bolas, Journal of Medical Ethics, vol. 2, 1976, p 151. The author writes: SIR, My reactions on reading ‘obverted contrapositive’ and ‘presuppositionless characterization’ (page 103, volume 2, number 2), were to sigh deeply and to reach for the […]