Press Clips- 2005

What the press has to say about us

NOTE: Items listed in red letters are especially entertaining or enlightening.

• "Japan's quirkiest quotes of 2005," Mainichi Daily News, December 22, 2005
• "At the top of my wish list is the demand....," Hindu Business Line, December 22, 2005
• "Proof that scientists have a sense of humour," PhysOrg, December 19, 2005
• "El coleccionista de lo insólito," El Commercio [Peru], December 16, 2005
• "Sparrow joins 'raped' duck in Dutch museum," Guardian, December 12, 2005
• "Wakey, Wakey," European Business, December 2005
• "Plus rapide que l'ADSL," Eureka [France], December 2005
• "Pitch Drop experiment tests your patience," MetroWest Daily News, November 27, 2005
• "ANNUAL IG NOBEL CEREMONY HIGHLIGHTS BROADCAST," [AUDIO] Science Friday [NPR], November 25, 2005
• "The 2005 Ig Nobel Prizes," Natural History [China], November 2005
• "Erst lachen, dann nachdenken," Spiegel [Germany], November 24, 2005
• "Quand la science se dilate la rate," Le Soleil [Quebec], November 18, 2005
• "Wake-up call," Times of India," November 8, 2005
• "Silver surfing," P2P News, November 6, 2005
• "Bringing You the Latest 'Newticles,'" Hurricane Valley Journal, November 2, 2005
• "Shy alarm clock tops Ig Nobels," Weymouth News, November 2, 2005
• "Dr. Nakamats," Cyzo [Japan], November 2005
• "Ig Nobel winner maintains the ultimate food diary," Asahi Shimbun, October 29, 2005
• "About the Ig Nobel Prizes," Xinmin Weekly [China], October 28, 2005
• "La sveglia che suona ecorresotto il letto," La Stampa [Italy], October 26, 2005
• "Eyes on the prizes," Warwick Boar, October 26, 2005
• "A couple of re-quotable quotes for you this week," Elkhart Truth, October 25, 2005
• "Gooey swim earns prof goofy prize," St. Paul Pioneer Press, October 24, 2005
• "De svømmer i sirup," Fyens Stiftstidende [Denmark], October 23, 2005
• "Accessories for that needy dog," Honolulu Star Bulletin, October 23, 2005
• "This Nobel is Indians' for taking!," Hindustan Times, October 20, 2005
• "Niciodata toamna," Jurnalul [Romania], October 20, 2005
• "Ig Nobel Prizes," Typos [Cyprus], October 20, 2005
• "There's nothing ignoble about winning an Ig Nobel," Shanghai Daily, October 19, 2005
• "And the Ignoble goes to ..," Bangalore Times, October 18, 2005
• "The Ig Nobel Prizes," Islamic Republic News Agency [Iran], October 18, 2005
• "Dr. Nakamats Holds a Press Conference, Asahi, October 18, 2005
• "Saluting Ig Noblest," Trenton Times, October 17, 2005
• "Words From an Ig Nobel Prize winner," Time Magazine, October 17, 2005
• "Ig Nobel Prizes Are Awarded Again," China Daily, October 17, 2005
• "It's noble to win an Ig Nobel," Herald Tribune, October 16, 2005
• "after a Missouri man with the same name...," Brockton Enterprise, October 16, 2005
• Interviews with Kees Moeliker and with his duck, [VIDEO], Linda & Beau op Zondag [Talpa TV] [The Netherlands]
• "Ask a silly question, the answer may surprise" and "The 2005 Ig Nobel prize awards,"New Scientist, October 15, 2005
• "Mr Buckley’s exploding trousers and other scientific observations," BMJ, October 15, 2005
• "Ig Nobel awards a celebration of knowledge," The Sun, October 14, 2005
• "And the winner of the Ig Nobel prize is ...," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 14, 2005
• "2005 Physics Ig Nobel: The Prize is Not Always to the Swift," What's New, October 14, 2005
• "'Nigerian scam' puts new twist on an old trick," Roanoke Times, October 14, 2005
• "Kikkerluchtjes en pinguinpoep," BioNieuws [The Netherlands], October 14, 2005
• "It's only fitting to report," Chicago Sun-Times, October 14, 2005
• "Væggeur, begforsøg og pingvinskidning præmieret," Ingenioren [Denmark], October 14, 2005
• "Project Grizzly," Film Critic, October 2005
• "Ig Nobel Prizes," Shargh [Iran], October 2005
• "Syrup swims and penguin poop garner improbable prizes," Vermont Guardian, October 14, 2005
• "A few words about when penguins pooh," York Daily Record, October 13, 2005
• "Prize-winners have proposition for you," Sentinel, October 13, 2005
• "The 2005 Ig Nobel Prize Winners," Somali Press, October 13, 2005
• "The Silliest Prize," Popular Mechanics, October 2005
• "Ig Nobel Prizes, Serenity, & Zombies!!!," Harvard Law School Record, October 13, 2005
• "Meet Miss Sweetie Poo," Nitebeat [CN8}, October 13, 2005
• "Ig Nobels hail world's longest-running experiment," Nature, October 13, 2005
• "Greetings (SUCKA!)," Tampa Bay Times, October 13, 2005
• "Sniffing frogs and Ig Nobel-ly taking the dog biscuit," Huddersfield Daily Examiner, October 13, 2005
• "Snitch" and "Kicking up a prize stink," The Australian, October 12, 2005
• "Ig Nobel winner makes splash," Capital Times, October 12, 2005
• "Not Your Typical Science Award," [with VIDEO], Daily Planet [Discovery Channel], October 12, 2005
• "'Ig' award celebrates exploding trousers," Newstalk ZB, October 12, 2005
• "Ig Nobel Prizes," [VIDEO], CNN, October 11, 2005
• "Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Locust," and "'More exciting than watching grass grow!'" Ottowa Citizen, October 11, 2005
• "Verdens åndssvageste forsøg," Chili [Denmark], October 11, 2005
• "Neuticles: Winner of the 2005 Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine," MedGadget, October 11, 2005
• "Infinity and so much more," Guardian, October 11, 2005
• "Massey historian wins an IgNobel," Stuff [New Zealand], October 11, 2005
• "Spoonful of sugar helps the IgNobel prize go down," Chemistry World, October 11, 2005
• "She's starting a band so she can name it Kees Moeliker," Nerve, October 11, 2005
• "Quando il Nobel diventa un autorevole IgNobel," Liberazione, October 11, 2005
• "The Ig Nobel: absurd research gets its due," Daily Cardinal, October 11, 2005
• "The Ig Nobels: Sometimes you feel like a nut," USA Today, October 10, 2005
• "NIGERIA-CONNECTION -- Millionenschäden, Tote und ein Literaturpreis," Der Spiegel, October 10, 2005
• "C'est bizarre!" The UNLV Rebel Yell, October 10, 2005
• "The Ig Nobel Prizes," [with AUDIO] Here and Now (NPR), October 10, 2005
• "Prestigious Nobel and useless Ig Nobel prizes awarded this week," University of Missouri-St. Louis Current, October 10, 2005
• "Le Nobel pour un réveille-matin," Les Echos [France], October 10, 2005
• "Háungs Nóbel verlaunin veitt í Harward," Beygla [Iceland], October 10, 2005
• "Unos testículos falsos de perro o unos pantalones que explotan, entre los premios Ig Nobel 2005," El Mundo [Spain], October 10, 2005
• "Ig Nobela premija vesture," Delfi [Latvia], October 10, 2005
• "Massey Lecturer Awarded Top Science Prize," Scoop, October 10, 2005
• "Syrup Swimming and Penguin Poop," Chronicle of Higher Education, October 10, 2005
• "Who's Crazy?" Edmonton Sun, October 10, 2005
• "Ig Nobel Prize discussion," [with AUDIO] Radio3 Scienza (RAI) [Italy], October 10, 2005
• "Dr Watson and the exploding trousers," Massey News, October 10, 2005
• "Harvard - Premiile 'anti-Nobel,'" Jurnalul [Romania], October 9, 2005
• "Risate per pensare," Il Sole 24 Ore [Italy], October 9, 2005
• "Ig Nobel, Parodinya Hadiah Nobel," Sinar [Indonesia], October 9, 2005
• "Ig Nobel Prizes," BHMA [Greece], October 9, 2005
• "Fengu há£ungarverlaun fyrir rannsóknir á mörgæsaskít," MBL [Iceland], October 9, 2005
• "Criadores de invenções absurdas recebem Ignobel," Ciberia [Portugal], October 9, 2005
• "A column worthy of a prize," Charleston Gazette, October 9, 2005
• " Penghargaan Ig Nobel untuk Temuan Aneh," Riau Pos [Indonesia], October 9, 2005
• "'Ig Nobel' prizes celebrate triumphs of mankind, kinda," Lexington Herald-Leader, October 9, 2005:
• "New Zealand, Australia dominate Ig Nobel awards," National Business Review, October 8, 2005
• "A Harvard, la nuit des potaches décerne ses faux Nobel," Liberation [France], October 8, 2005
• "Rubber dog testes, pressured penguins win Ig Nobels," Deccan Herald, October 8, 2005
• "The 2005 Ig Nobel Prizes," Xinmin Weekly [China], October 8, 2005
• "Who ate all the prize?," Ars Technica, October 8, 2005
• "Sniffing frogs, slow drips, win Aussies Ig Nobels," The Weekend Australian, October 8, 2005
• "Les Ignobels 2005 sont décernés," Agora Vox [France], October 8, 2005
• "Alarm clock that ran away & hid," Times of India, October 8, 2005
• "Visum-tull for tulle-pris," Forskning [Norway], October 8, 2005
• "Dr. NakaMats snags Ig Nobel for diet research," Calorielab Calorie Counter News, October 8, 2005
• "Magsårspriset gläder många," Dagens Nyheter [Sweden], October 8, 2005
• "Less serious 'Nobels' mark research against all the odds...," Stuff [New Zealand], October 8, 2005
• "Ig Nobel Prizes awarded," Web India, October 8, 2005
• "Little blob of tar seals Australia's big effort," The Age, October 8, 2005
• "Ig Nobel laureates are honored at Harvard," Boston Globe, October 8, 2005
• "Ig Nobel Prize winner" and "Honouring flip side of genius" Bahrain Tribute, October 8, 2005
• "Poop Scoop," Daily Record [Scotland], October 8, 2005
• "Alternatif Nobel ödülleri dagš¦t¦ld¦," Milliyet [Turkey], October 8, 2005
• "Dog testicles win at the Ig Nobels," Taipei Times, October 8, 2005
• "Hazánk is képviseltette magát az Ig Nobelen," SG [Hungary], October 8, 2005
• "Anti-Nobel-Preis für Gehirnforschung an Heuschrecken," Abendblatt [Germany], October 8, 2005
• "Indian gets Ig Nobel prize for alarm clock," Calcutta Telegraph, October 8, 2005
• "Nakamatsu Wins Ig Nobel Prize for Documenting His Own Meals," Bloomberg News, October 8, 2005
• "The Ig Nobel Prize winners" [VIDEO], Countdown, MSNBC, October 7, 2009
• "Prijs voor poepende pinguins," NRC Handelsblad [The Netherlands], October 7, 2005
• "Spaß mit Pinguinen" and "Verrückt und sinnig," Die Zeit [Germany], October 7, 2005
• "Ig Nobel Pursuits," Seed, October 7, 2005
• "Nanda wins ignominious Ig Nobel," Sepia Mutiny, October 7, 2005
• "The 2005 Ig Nobel Prize Winners," Physorg, October 7, 2005
• "Ig Nobels Celebrate Nutty Accomplishments," ScienceNow, October 7, 1005
• "Penguin Poo Paper Earns Ig Nobel," Wired News, October 7, 2005
• "2005 legabszurdabb kutatásai," National Geographic Magyarorszog [Hungary], October 7, 2005
• "Ig Nobels handed out," [with AUDIO], PM (ABC), October 7, 2005
• "Nobelprijzen voor curieuze wetenschap," Planet [The Netherlands], October 7, 2005
• "The Ig Nobel Prizes," [with VIDEO] MSNBC Countdown with Keith Olbermann, October 7, 2005
• "Ig Nobel Prizes Interview," [AUDIO] The World, October 7, 2005
• PHOTOS FROM AFP AND REUTERS (via Yahoo)
• "Penguin Poop, Smelly Frogs Among 2005 Ig Nobel Winners," National Geographic News, October 7, 2005
• "Testikelprotheses goed voor Ig Nobel-prijs," Telegraaf [The Netherlands], October 7, 2005
• "Nobel Laureates show their lighter side," Nature, October 7, 2005
• "Artificial dog's testicle wins Ig Nobel Prize," Register, October 7, 2005
• "Marc Abrahams - The Lighter Side of Science," [WITH VIDEO] Thinking Big, WGBH, October 7, 2005
• "U prof wins strokes for his swimming study," Minneapolis Star-Tribune, October 7, 2005
• "Ig Nobel Award Interview," [AUDIO], The World, October 7, 2006
• "Dog Testicle Man Triumphs in Ig Nobels," Pravda [Russia], October 7, 2005
• "Hãy c??i và cùng suy ng?m v?i Ig Nobel 2005!" Vietnam.net, Vietnam, October 7, 2005
• "IG-Nobelpreise für irre Forschungen," Nachrichten [Germany], October ?, 2005
• "Ig Nobels Honor Off-Beat Science," Harvard Crimson, October 7, 2005
• "Literaturpreis für die Nigeria-Connection," and "Auch Pinguine stehen unter Druck," Der Spiegel [Germany], October 7, 2005
• "OBITUARY: Philip J. Molloy III, 81; endodontist taught at Tufts," Boston Globe, October 7, 2005
• "Preiswürdig: Prothese für kastrierte Haustiere," Frankfurter Algemeine, October 7, 2005
• "Dog testicles, penguin poop study win Ig Nobels," and "Robert Wilson and Dudley Herschbach," Reuters, October 7, 2005
• "Penguin poo wins Ig Nobel prize," BBC, October 7, 2005
• "What did he do when he sang out of tune?," Asia Times," October 7, 2005
• "Ig Nobels Honor Amusing, Yet Educational Research," The Tech [MIT], October 7, 2005
• "Pooch Neuticles top Ig Nobels," CNN, October 7, 2005
• "Prémios Ignobel distinguem a ciência mais louca do ano," Publico [Portugal], October 7, 2005
• "Frog-sniffing scientists win Ig Nobel," [AUDIO], ABC News, October 7, 2005
• "Assegnati gli IgNobel, i premi da ridere," Corriere Della Salle [Italy], October 7, 2005
• "Penguin Poop at the Ig," Gazeta [Russia], October 7, 2005
• "Penguins’ pooping power scoops Ig Nobel prize," New Scientist, October 7, 2005
• " IgNobel "premia" inventor de testículos falsos para cães," Estadao de Sao Paolo [Brazil], October 7, 2005
• "It takes bottle to win Ig Nobels," Sydney Morning Herald, October 7, 2005
• "Pywanie w kisielu, czyli Ig-Noble przyznane," Gazeta [Poland], October 7, 2005
• "Penguin poop scoops Ig Nobel science prize," Times [London], October 7, 2005
• "Konstgjorda hundtestiklar fick pris," Goteborgs Posten [Sweden], October 7, 2005
• "Een oog voor malle vogels," AD [The Netherlands], October 7, 2005
• "2005 Ig Nobel Prizes," Slashdot, October 7, 2005
• "Penguins under pressure win Ig Nobel for physicists," Guardian, October 7, 2005
• "Dr NakaMats wins Ig Nobel Prize for documenting meals for 35 years," Japan Today, October 7, 2005
• "What are the Ig Nobel prizes?," [with VIDEO], Daily Planet [Discovery Channel], October 6, 2005
• "Improbable award for long-term experiment," University of Queensland News, October 6, 2005
• "Ontploffende broeken en poepende pinguins," Noorderlicht, October 6, 2005
• "And the winner isn't...", Cambridge Chronicle, October 6, 2005
• "Ig Nobels to honour strange science," Agence France Presse, October 5, 2005
• "Not-So-Nobel Prizes," Chronicle of Higher Education, October 5, 2005
• "Ig Nobels honour weird science," Al Jazeera, October 5, 2005
• "Kooky Scientists Get Last Laugh," ABC News, October 4, 2005
• "Sex in the stalls," National Business Review, October 4, 2005
• "If you can't make it to Harvard," St. Petersburg Times, October 3, 2005
• "Wissenschaft & Spaß: Summa cum gaude," Profil [Germany], October 3, 2005
• "Noble prizes indeed," Sacramento Bee, October 3, 2005
• "Review: Ig Nobel Prizes 2," Blogcritics, October 2, 2005
• "Ig Nobels set to celebrate dumb smarts," Harvard Gazette, September 29, 2005
• "Ig Nobel Clock is Ticking," Nashua Telegraph, September 28, 2005
• "La mala memoria del agua," Diario Vasco, September 20, 2005
• "Scientists step off pedestal for Ig Nobel Awards," Montreal Gazette, September 19, 2005
• "'Make 'em laugh and then make 'em think,'" Huddersfield Daily Examiner, September 11, 2005
• "Mr. Song and Dance Man," Japan Focus, September 10, 2005
• "Ig Nobel Prizes to be announced on October 6," NewsAhead, September 6, 2005
• "In praise of the humble herring," Independent, September 2, 2005
• "Sex in space? Sci-fi convention aims to please," Seattle Post-Intelligencer," September 1, 2005
• "Conversation: Marc Abrahams on Innovation," Harvard Business Review, September 2005
• "The best of the worst." [Adelaide] Advertiser, August 5, 2005
• "Our Ignobel history," San Diego Union-Tribune, August 3, 2005
• "Los anti-Nobel, el premio a los logros científicos más insólitos," Clarin [Argentina], August 1, 2005
• "Cat got your keyboard?", Salon, July 27, 2005
• "THE Ig NOBEL PRIZES 2: An All-New Collection of the World's Unlikeliest Research," Publisher's Weekly, July 25, 2005
• "The Mob, improbability and batmobile," Newindpress, July 1, 2005
• "Dig This," PC World, June 22, 2005
• "Deep Croak -- Karaoke Madness," Philipinas Magazine, June 19, 2005
• "Big bang theories," Science & Theology News, June 16, 2005
• "CATEGORY: Ig Nobel Prizes," Jeopardy, June 1, 2005
• "Movie: How karaoke inventor did it his way," Asahi Shimbun, May 28, 2005
• "Five-second rule is called on the carpet," Kansas City Star, May 27, 2005
• "Sniffing Out the Gay Gene," New York Times, May 17, 2005
• "Antinobela premija," Apollo [Latvia], May 13, 2005
• "Centrifugal weapon could deliver stealth firepower," New Scientist, May 11, 2005
• "Kavli prizes step up to the Nobels," Nature, May 4, 2005
• "Five-second rule: Speed make it safe?" San Jose Mercury News, April 20, 2005
• "The IgNobel Prizes," John O'Groat Journal, April 2005
• "Karaoke: Somebody Really Invented It," Japan Corner News, April 2005
• "El Premi IG Nobel Onor a l'arserca improbàbila," é! [Piedmont, Italy], March-April 2005
• "Atkins Diet Opera," Teater [Croatia], March 2005
• "That's no sea monster!," MSNBC.com, March 31, 2005
• "Yawning a lot? It's sex not sleep," Times of India, March 30, 2005
• "Avant garde tea ceremonies" and "Dutch necrophilia quack" and "Yawn, that's fascinating", National Review of Medicine, March 30, 2005
• "Huh? Duh!," University of Maryland Diamondback, March 28, 2005
• "Ancient Greeks balls it up," Guardian, March 17, 2005
• "Sexy yawns," Guardian, March 16, 2005
• "Fish fill water with idle chatter," BBC News, March 15, 2005
• "Randy rock doves join party with the dead,": Guardian, March 14, 2005
• "Fette Duette" and "Arien über die 'perfekte Diät'", ORF News [Austria], March 11, 2005
• "Farting fish fingered," Guardian, March 11, 2005
• "Turn the Duck," Opinion Journal, March 10, 2005
• "Boffin honoured for necrophile gay duck paper," Register, March 9, 2005
• "Necrophilia among ducks ruffles research feathers," Guardian, March 8, 2005
• "Low Carb Opera," KDFC, March 7, 2005
• "Atkins: the Opera, and other ignoble ideas," Guardian, March 6, 2005
• "Cup of tea, everyone?" Guardian, March 1, 2005
• "Science and the Bush Administration," The Science Show (ABC), February 26, 2005
• "That's the way the cookie crumbles: Science marches on," Dallas Morning News, February 19, 2005
• "Yawning an invitation to sex," National Post, February 18, 2005
• "The 2005 Ig Nobel Tour," Guardian, February 11, 2005
• "UH professor joins hair club for scientists," Honolulu Star-Bulletin, February 4, 2005
• "Country music may be bad for you," Auburn Corner, February 2, 2005
• "The Tolerance of God," Ravi Zacharias International Ministries, 2005
• "Some things are just plain wrong," Oxford Leader, January 26, 2005
• "The Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists," Chemical & Engineering News, January 24, 2005
• "E=MC haired?: Internet club gives a nod to finest heads in science," National Post, January 13, 2005
• "Den for underlige forskning," Politiken [Denmark], January 11, 2005
• "Langt ude," Politiken [Denmark], January 8, 2005
• "How to Google," Newsday, January 4, 2005
• "Calling Dr. Frankenstein," Reader's Digest, January 2005
• "New Year's Eve Spectacular," WGN Radio [Chicago], January 1, 2005

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