Does fecal sludge in pit latrines decompose more aerobically, or more anaerobically? The debate bubbles, bubbles, toils, and troubles on, in the research journal Water Science & Technology:
Miriam H. A. van Eekert and colleagues, like their rivals, do not settle for too-quick, easily-disposed-of answers. Some things take time.
Who would not want to hear a news report about last year’s Ig Nobel Prize winners, reported aloud in slow French? Anyone who DOES want to hear that can hear it, thanks to the web site News in Slow French. Their report is called “Cérémonie de remise des prix Ig Nobel 2019.”
Given the worldwide success of the Peppa Pig® TV series (and subsequent spinoffs), it’s perhaps not surprising that the character has attracted attention in academic circles. Here are some recent examples of scholarly publications on the subject.
Does Peppa Pig encourage inappropriate use of primary care resources? British Medical Journal, 2017; 359
Peppa Pig and Friends International Journal for the Semiotics of Law, volume 31, pages 451–471(2018)
I’m Peppa Shit: Spokes-characters 2.0 as Bearers of Reputational Risk? The Case of Peppa Pig Meaning and λόγος, Proceedings from the Early Professional Interdisciplinary Conference, 2015
Peppa Pig in China (2019) MKVM13 20182, Media and Communication Studies, Lund University
Peppa Pig: a study on family relationships between grandparents, parents and grandchildren Pensando Familias, 2017, vol.21, n.1, pp. 63-79.
The Billion Dollar Pig – A Subjective Extrospective Exploration of the Cross-Cultural Meanings of The Peppa Pig Cartoon Character Franchise, Consumer Culture Theory (CCT) conference, 2017, Queen Mary University
Research research by Martin Gardiner
This historic Ig Nobel Favorite Moment video stars Maria Ferrante, who starred in many of the Ig Nobel operas.
The Ig Nobel Prizes honor achievements that make people LAUGH, then THINK.
The 30th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony will be webcast September 17, 2020 at www.improbable.com.
Coordinator, Narrator, & Typist: Seth Gliksman
In this Pocket-Sized episode #1027, Marc Abrahams shows an unfamiliar research study to Jean Berko Gleason. Dramatic readings and reactions ensue.
The research mentioned in this episode is featured in the special Psychology issue (vol. 26, #1) of the Annals of Improbable Research magazine.
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1. Jean Berko Gleason encounters:
“The Social Contingency of Momentary Subjective Well-Being,” Robb B. Rutledge, Archy O. de Berker, Svenja Espenhahn, Peter Dayan, and Raymond J. Dolan, Nature Communications, vol. 7, no. 11825, 2016.
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