Press Clips - 2002

What the press has to say about us

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• "Arf! Arf! ARF!* *I love you, give me some food," Yomiuri Daily, December 28, 2002
• "The city and the suits," Sydney Morning Herald, December 27, 2002
• "I'll Drink to That," New Scientist, December 21/28, 2002
• "Into the Psyches of Geniuses, Primates and Superheroes," Times [London], December 7, 2002
• "Talking to Fido just may be possible," Gary [Indiana] Post-Tribune, November 24, 2002
• "Dog-bark translator digging for bones in locations overseas," The Taipei Times, November 15, 2002
• "The Unsolved Mystery of the Inheritance of Kineties in Paramecium," Protist, Fall 2002
• "Bow Lingual," WHAT'S COOL IN JAPAN, October-December 2002.
• "'Bowlingual' interpreter to make leap overseas," The Sydney Morning Herald, November 14, 2002
• "Does your chewing gum lose its flavour?" New Scientist, November 9, 2002
• "IT Pet Communication Tools Popular," Japan Corporate News Network, November 8, 2002
• "Thought you'd want to know," Chemistry & Industry,November 4, 2002
• "King enjoys IgNobels," Science Insight, November 2002
• "New Ig Nobel Book Slights New Hampshire," Nashua Telegraph, October 30, 2002
• "The 2002 Ig Nobel Prize Winners," Hematicus AMH Bulletin, October 2002
• "Real Florida: Pink power," St. Petersburg Times, October 29, 2002
• "'Iggies' 2002," The Scientist, October 28, 2002
• "Ig Nobel Prizes", The Tablet, October 26, 2002
• "Arresting Ideas: The Ig Nobel Prizes," Sydney Morning Herald, October 25, 2002
• "If you haven't heard about the Ig Nobel prize," News24, October 25, 2002
• "Digs at beer, balls and belly fluff give laureates a laugh," Times Higher Education Supplement, October 25, 2002
• "The truth about belly button lint," Bangkok Post, October 23, 2002
• "New Device Translates Dog Barks into Short Phrase," Search and Rescue News, Oct 23, 2002
• "Did You Know? - Beer Science," WSET, October 22, 2002
• "Asians Jump Into Fragrant Suits," Wall Street Journal, October 21, 2002
• "the obverse of that coin is the Ig Nobel," Colorado Springs Gazette, October 20, 2002
• "Igs for Eggheads," Belfast Telegraph, October 20, 2002
• "Ig Nobel Prizes," Asharqalawsat [in Arabic], October 1002
• "Seriously funny," New Scientist, October 19, 2002
• "Research laid Ig-Nobelly bare," South China Morning Post, October 19, 2002
• "IgNoble world of bizarre prizewinners," Worcester Evening News, October 19, 2002
• "In the list of this year's IG NOBEL Awards," Hindustan Times, October 19, 2002
• "COMPUTERIZED DOG-BARK TRANSLATOR "WINS" IG NOBEL AWARD," What's New @ IEEE, October 2002
• "BUT SERIOUSLY: Man's quest for knowledge," Jerusalem Post, October 17, 2002
• "Ig Nobels go to the Dogs - peacefully," Business Edge, October 17, 2003
• "Ig Digs," Guardian, October 17, 2002
• "Reward for rotten fruit of research," Naples News, October 16, 2002
• "Three cheers, and a few jeers, for weird science," Christian Science Monitor, October 15, 2002
• "Laugh While You Can," Alternet, October 15, 2002
• "I didn’t know whether to say thank you," Newsweek, October 14, 2002
• "Wonders of science can build path to better future," New Zealand Herald, October 14, 2002
• "Ig Nobel," Time, October 14, 2002
• "Size does matter for Britain's IgNobel winner," Observer, October 13, 2002
• "Ig Nobel effort: Periodic Table table takes prize," Champaign News-Gazette, October 13, 2002
• "2002 Ig Nobel Prizes," New Scientist, October 12, 2002
• "IgNobels for Belly-Button, Beer Research," The Learning Channel, October 11, 2002
• "Annals of Improbable Research," Critical Path, October 11, 2002
• "Why the world will always need a mad scientist," Daily Express, October 11, 2002
• "Science's ignoble annual event," Cordis express, October 11, 2002
• "Bubble won't burst for spoof Nobels," Nature, October 10, 2002
• "Ig Nobels go to the dogs, honoring canine translators, cat-washing machines," Harvard Gazette, October 10, 2002
• "WE'RE PROUD OF OH-NO-BEL PRIZE," Daily Record [Scotland], October 10, 2002
• "Editorial - Prejudice still exists on campus," Independent [Univ of Toronto], October 10, 2002
• "Ig Nobel Prizes awarded," BU Daily Free Press, October 10, 2002
• "UNR student's work marked as 'noble' effort," Las Vegas Sun, October 10, 2002
• "An ignoble award," The Electric Newpaper, October 9, 2002
• "These guys grabbed awards for studying wacky stuff – really," San Diego Union Tribune, October 9, 2002
• "Who Gets Lint?", Toronto Globe & Mail, October 9, 2002
• "Improbable Research is Rewarded," ELT News, October 9, 2002
• "WACKY WEB WEEK: "IG NOBEL PRIZES" AWARDED AT HARVARD," Infoworld, October 9, 2002
• "Silly Science Celebrated," Health Scout News, October 9, 2002
• "Ig Nobel awards show 'human side of science'," Boston Globe, October 8, 2002
• "Beer Foam Physics" [video report], ScienCentral, October 8, 2002
• "Heard of Ig Nobels?" Deccan Herald, October 8, 2002
• "THE IG-NOBEL PRIZE 2002," Popular Science Net, October 8, 2002
• "The Annals of Improbable Research...," National Journal Political Hotline, October 8, 2002
• "Worth its weight in bellybutton lint," USA Today, October 7, 2002
• "Ig Nobel Ceremony Hails Science’s Laughable Achievements of the Year," The Tech, October 7, 2002
• "Beer paper wins Ig Nobel physics prize," Physicsweb, October 7, 2002
• " Prize-giving," The Observer, October 7, 2002
• "Belly-Button Lint and Beer-Bubble Decay," Chronicle of Higher Education, October 7, 2002
• "Award for Pachyderm Proportions," Indus Telegraph, October 6, 2002
• "The Southpaw Solution," Boston Globe, October 6, 2002
• "Belly Full of Laughs," Herald-Sun, October 6, 2002
• "Hats off to this year's winners," Financial Times, October 6, 2002
• "Dubious Achievements - Not what Mr. Nobel would have prized," San Francisco Chronicle, October 6, 2002
• "Somewhat lost in the shuffle was the economics Ig Nobel," San Francisco Chronicle, October 6, 2002
• "Ostrich sex, barking dogs score 'Ig Nobel' prizes," Utusan Express, October 6, 2002
• "A 'Nobel' for mad boffins," Gulf Daily News, October 6, 2002
• "Ostrich sex, barking dogs score 'Ig Nobel' prizes," ABC News, October 5, 2002
• "Silly things in the name of science," Times of India, October 5, 2002
• "Not noble, but navel fluff study wins prize," Sydney Morning Herald, October 5, 2002
• "Ig Nobel end to navel gazing," Dispatch [South Africa], October 5, 2002
• "Belly full of laughs," Melbourne Herald-Sun, October 5, 2002
• "Scientists probe belly button fluff ," Evening Standard, October 5, 2002
• "Not-so-Nobel Laureates," Science Now, Ocotber 4, 2002
• "Birds, barking, beer and bellies," BBC News, October 4, 2002
• "Researchers: Ostriches 'Turned On' By Humans," WCVB-TV, October 4, 2002
• "Amorous ostriches scoop Ig Nobel prize," New Scientist, October 4, 2002
• "Ig Nobel Interview," [audio], The World, October 4, 2002
• "Navel-gazing wins Aussie Harvard prize," Boston Herald, October 4, 2002
• "Ig Nobels reward wacky research," CBC News, October 4, 2002
• "Ig Nobels Awarded," Slashdot, October 4, 2002
• "Arcane ostrich study wins prize for tedium," Daily Telegraph, October 4, 2002
• "Science of belly lint, ostrich love honored," CNN, October 4, 2002
• "Ostrich arousal research wins Ig Nobel award," The Independent [South Africa], October 4, 2002
• "Science's Dubious Distinctions Noted," CBS News, October 4, 2002
• "The Exponential Decay of Beer Froth," Museum of Science, October 4, 2002
• "Belly-button fluff, the definitive study," Daily Mail, October 4, 2002
• "Study of belly-button fluff wins Ig Nobel Prize," Ananova, October 4, 2002
• "Navel gazing wins an Ig Nobel," The Age, October 4, 2002
• "Ig Nobel Prizes," Discovery Channel - Canada, October 4, 2002
• "Mixed-up males woo wrong birds," Times Higher Education Supplement, October 4, 2002
• "Ostrich Sex, Barking Dogs Score 'Ig Nobel' Prizes," Reuters, October 4, 2002
• "Scientists Come Out To Play at Ig Nobels," Harvard Crimson, October 4, 2002
• "Oddball scientist wins an Ig Nobel," The Times [London], October 4, 2002
• "A win for belly lint and Dr Karl," ABC News Tasmania, October 4, 2002
• "Research That Advances ... Well, Nothing," Los Angeles Times, October 4, 2002
• [AUDIO] Interview with Ig Nobel organizer Marc Abrahams and Ig winner Charles Paxton, BBC News, October 3, 2002
• "Oh, no! It's Ig Nobel time again!," Harvard Gazette, September 26, 2002
• "Beware the Coconuts," ABC News, September 25, 2002
• "Only comedians may appreciate the Ig Nobels," San Diego Union-Tribune, September 25, 2002
• "Ig Medical Lectures to Take Place," Harvard Public Health NOW, September 20, 2002
• "Meditate, Don't Mediate," Jerusalem Post, August 16, 2002.
• "Meet Bristol's dough-nutty professor," New Zealand Herald, August 12, 2002
• "The Ig Nobel Prizes," Bennun, 2002
• "Len Fisher: My big bun theory," Independent, August 7, 2002
• "Splat Pro Seeks Compassion for Bugs," Wall Street Journal, July 17, 2002
• "Gulag Fun Park," Time, July 2002.
• "Killer Coconuts," Montreal Mirror, Summer 2002
• "tax deductions are becoming death-defying feats. The 2001 Ig Nobel prize for economics," The Age, June 28, 2002
• "The Importance of Stephen Jay Gould," Newsday, May 28, 2002
• "Flamboyant flamingos fade while geese gather," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 19, 2002
• "Apples and Oranges -- The Final Comparison," Darwin Magazine, May, 2002
• "Annals of Improbable Research," Wilson Quarterly, Spring, 2002
• "For Contributions to Humanity," Canberra Times, April 20, 2002
• "von Daniken introduces HP alien Carly to Interlaken," The Inquirer, April 15, 2002
• "Joke Hunter of Science," Scientific American, April 2002
• "Travelers should watch out for coconuts - the killer fruit ," Boston Herald, April 7, 2002
• "Cracked eggheads," The Times [London], March 28, 2002
• "The truth about falling coconuts," Canadian Medical Association Journal, March 19, 2002
• "EDITOR'S PICKS: THE BEST OF THE IG NOBEL PRIZES AWARDED SINCE 1991, Knowledge Digest, March 2002
• "Reinventing the Wheel, Internal Medicine News, March 15, 2001
• "Deadly coconuts now included in policy," The Times [London], March 2, 2002
• "Improbable Research," Boston Globe, February 14, 2002
• "The improbable and the unbelievable," Businessline, February 13, 2002
• "Science Prizes: From Nobel to Ig Nobel," Chronicle of Higher Education, February 4, 2002
• "The Ig Nobel Prizes," ICD Coding Newsletter, February 2002
• "HELLO, DALI," Boston Globe, February 3, 2002
• "Another Ig Nobel moment," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, January/February 2002
• "Boycott Pink Flamigos!" New Scientist, January 19, 2002
• "Pink flamingo fans call for boycott," Baltimore Sun, January 18, 2002
• "Flamingo Flap," CBS News, January 17, 2002
• "Stalin World owner sees red at critics," Chicago Tribune, January 15, 2002
• "Bird Boycott Taking Flight," Sentinel & Enterprise, January 12, 2002
• "Union Products plucks flamingo signature," Plastics News, January 10, 2002
• "Case of missing signature stirs a pink flamingo flap," Worcester Telegram & Gazette, January 8, 2002
• "It's the hottest news in lawn and garden decorating," St. Petersburg Times, January 2, 2002

Text - non-English

• Christmas Eve TV Special Program: The Ig Nobel Prizes, NHK[Japan], December 24, 2002
• "The Ig Nobel Prizes - Fun in the Name of Science," Time for Students [Taiwan], December 2002
• "Celebrar o cotão do umbigo," Diario de Noticias [Portugal], December 11, 2002
• "Förenkla inte till det i onödan," ComputerSweden [Sweden], November 8, 2002
• " La Gancho Divine," La Vanguardia Digital [Spain], November 5, 2002
• "Ig Nobel sariak Suedian ematen diren Nobelak baino dibertigarriagoak," Zientzia.net [ ], November 2, 2002
• "Geveerdes raak wulpser as mense vir hulle kyk," Die Burger [South Africa - Afrikaans], October 31, 2002
• "Les chiens ont la parole," Le Monde [France], October 28, 2002
• "Antinobelpreise 2002 verliehen," Sisol [Germany], October 27, 2002
• "Anti-Nobelpreise vergeben," PM [Germany], October 25, 2002
• [Ig Nobel], Poisknews [Russia], October 25, 2002
• "Asymmetrie bei Hoden bringt Nobelpreis," Multimedica [Germany], October 25, 2002
• "Schaumschläger für die Forschung," Hamburger Abendblatt, October 23, 2002
• "Assegnati i premi IG Nobel 2002," Garzanti Libri [ Italy], October 23, 2002
• "De como circula la pelusa," La Insignia [Italy], October 21, 2002
• "Nobel à bulles," Nouvel Observateur [France], October 17, 2002
• "L´ombelico val bene un premio Ig-Nobel," La Stampa [Italy], October 16, 2002
• "Wie der Fussel wandert," Jungle World [Germany], October 16, 2002
• "Premi IgNobel 2002," Spidergirl [Italy], October, 2002
• "Latidos ganham tradução," O Dia [Brazil], October 15, 2002
• "Ignóbil, mas cobiçado," Universo Online [Brazil], October 14, 200
• [Ig Nobel], Zanevskiy Letopisets [Russian], October 14, 2002
• "Ich trink' es dann bei mir," Frankfurter Allgemeine [Germany], October 13, 2002
• "Antik heykellerde testis oran¦n¦ hesaplad¦ alternatif Nobel ödülünü kapt¦ ," Hurriyetim [Turkey], October 13, 2002
• [Ig Nobel Prizes?], Phypro [China], October 12, 2002
• "Ignobel 2002," Radioactif [France], October 12, 2002
• "Ig Nobel Prizes," Souz [Russian languge news site, based in Israel], October 12, 2002
• "Les idiots du village scientifique," Science-Presse [Canada], October 10, 2002
• "Ces recherches qu'on nous cache," TF1 [France], October 10, 2002
• "Ironicky´ smiech Ig Nobelovy´ch cien," Pravda [Slovakia], October 10, 2002
• "Bierschaumphysik," Die Zeit [Germany], October 10, 2002
• "Prix ig Nobel de la Paix remis à une équipe japonaise," Lejapon [France], October 10, 2002
• "Ig Nobel," Compulenta [Russia], October 10, 2002
• [Ig Nobel Prizes], Sciscape [Taiwan], October 10, 2002
• "Ig Nobel," Start [Norway], October 10, 2002
• "Assegnati gli IgNobel 2002," Si News [Italy], October 9, 2002
• "Ig Nobel-díj a köldökpiszok-kutatóknak," Figyelo [Hungary], October 9, 2002
• "Premiata la scienza che fa ridere," Zadig [Italy], October 9, 2002
• [Non-Bulgarians Win Ig Nobel Prizes], Finance News, [Bulgaria], October 8, 2002
• "Les Prix IgNobel," Le Lezard [France], October 8, 2002
• "Nobel Ignobili," Clarence [Italy], October 8, 2002
• "Forschung der besonderen Art," Wissenschaft-Online [Germany], October 8, 2002
• "Un español gana un premio paralelo al Nobel por su lavadora para perros", El Pais [Spain], October 8, 2002
• "Prix IgNOBEL 2002," Stethonet [France], October 8, 2002
• "La mousse de bière en décrépitude exponentielle," Libération [France], October 7, 2002
• "Bierschaum und Gemächt," DeutschlandRadio [Germany], October 7, 2002
• '''Osannolika' nobelpris utdelade," Uppsala Nya Tidking [Sweden], October 7, 2002
• "Ig-Nobelpreise für Studien über Bierschaum und Bauchnabel," Die Welt [Germany], October 7, 2002
• "Átadták a komolytalan tudományok díját," Magyar Hirlap [Hungary], October 7, 2002
• "Ig Nobel," Toctep [Russia], October 7, 2002
• "Ig Nobel," Sankei Shimbun [Japan], October 7, 2002
• "Anunciados os vencedores do Ig Nobel 2002," Terra Informatica [Brazil], October 7, 2002
• "Napanöyhtätutkija lunasti Ig Nobelin," Verkkouutiset [Finland], October 7, 2002
• Ig Nobel Prizes, Membrana [Russia], October 7, 2002
• "Ignobel II, la vendetta: de laniccis unbilichi," and Ignobel 2002: la medicina punta sugli zebedei," Pharmacia Italia [Italy], October 7, 2002
• "Ig-Nobelpreise für Hunde-Übersetzer und Nabel-Flusen-Erforschung," Frankfurter Allgemeine [Germany], October 7, 2002
• "Navlelo, hundeoversetter og kattevaskemaskin," Dagbladet [Norway], October 7, 2002
• "Ig Nobel," Chunichi Shimbun [Japan]. October 7, 2002
• "Avestruz romântica é premiada," O Globo [Portugal], October 7, 2002
• "Ig Nobel Prizes," Sankei Shimbun [Japan], October 7, 2002
• "Von Hunde-Übersetzern und der Nabel-Flusen-Forschung," Rheinische Post [Germany], October 5, 2002
• "‘I²gšrenç Nobel’ler sahiplerini buldu," Milliyet [Turkey], October 6, 2002
• "Recherche. Palmarès 2002 des travaux scientifiques insolites," Liberation [France], October 5, 2002
• "Ig Nobel Prizes," Nifty News [Japan], October 5, 2002
• "Premian las investigaciones más insólitas de todo el mundo," Tercera [Chile], October 5, 2002
• "I vincitori del premio Ig Nobel 2002," TNT [Italy] October 5, 2002
• "Ig Nobel," Sankei Shimbun [Japan], October 5, 2002
• "IgNobel Ödülü göbek kirine," Hurriyetim [Turkey], October 5, 2002
• "Von Hunde-Übersetzern und der Nabel-Flusen-Forschung," Rheinische Post [Germany], October 5, 2002
• "IgNobel : la science progresse à pas d'éléphant," Le Monde [France], October 4, 2002
• "Ig Nobelit," Pinseri [Finland], October 4, 2002
• "Entregan premios "Ig-Nobel" a la investigación imposible," Todito [Mexico], October 4, 2002
• "Dodijeljene Ig Nobelove nagrade," Webcafe [Hungary], October 4, 2002
• "Ig Nobel," Ntvru [Russia], October 4, 2002
• "Executivos e Auditores da Enron Vencem Ig Nobel da Economia and O Caso da Extinção das Loiras ," Publico [Portugal], October 4, 2002
• "Enron - Ig Nobel," Lenta [Russia], October 4, 2002
• "Ig Nobel premia piores pesquisas científicas do ano," Brasil Online [Brazil], October 4, 2002
• "Laureados com o IgNobel," SIC [Portugal], October 4, 2002
• "Alternative und kuriose Nobelpreise," NDR [Germany], October 2002
• "Docteur Mabuse, I presume?" Le Soir [Belgium], April 26, 2002
• "The Truth About Falling Coconuts," Canadian Medical Association Journal, March 19, 2003
• "Les prix Ig-Nobel: le double tranchant de l'humour scientifique," Actes de la Recherche en Sciences Sociales, March 2002
• "Ein Extra-Nobelpreis für schräge Denker, Rheinische Post [Germany], March 2, 2002
• "Bolondos Nobel-díjak, 2001," Hetek [Hungary], January 18, 2002

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