Press Clips - 2008
What the press has to say about us
NOTE: Items listed in red letters are especially entertaining or enlightening.
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- "Blechy, striptérky a pásovci pomohli k nezvyklým cenám," Actualne [Czech Republic], December 31, 2008
- "IG NOBEL (e la scoperta della Patatina)," Fondazione Italiani [Italy], December 30, 2008
- "Magyar IgNobel," Index [Hungary], December 30, 2008
- "The only optimistic outcome of the year," MKRU [Russia], December 27, 2008
- "Veja o que aconteceu de mais importante na ciência em 2008," Alagoas em Tempo Real [Brazil], December 27, 2008
- "Nobel comedy: eccentric scientific creativity," Da Yoo News [Taiwan], December 26, 2008
- "On va s’gêner, le best of," On Va S'Gener [France], December 26, 2008
- "How do the Ig Nobel Prizes work?" How Stuff Works, December 26, 2008
- "Slime molds can solve puzzles," On Medica, December 24, 2008
- "Technophilia," La Repubblica [Italy], December 23, 2008
- "Dupla de físicos enxerga Universo em gota d'água," Alagoas em Tempo Real [Brazil], December 23, 2008
- "Coke is effective birth control? I received the Ig Nobel Prize," KorMedi [Korea], December 22, 2008
- "Ig Nobel Prizes for Fun Science," Daily Arab Political [Jordan], December 21, 2008
- "University of the bleedin' obvious," Sunday Times, December 21, 2008
- "'Coke-wash' No birth control, calling attention to Ig Nobel winners," BB News [Japan], december 19, 2008
- "Überraschung": Cola in der Vagina ist kein Verhütungsmittel," de Standard [Austria], December 18, 2008
- "Coke not the real thing for contraception," West Australian, December 18, 2008
- "Coca-Cola: Not a contraceptive," In The News, December 18, 2008
- "Coca-Cola douches and contraception," BMJ, December 18, 2008
- "Cientista brasileiro conquista o Ig Nobel Prize 2008 nos EUA," Brazillian Voice, December 18, 2008
- "Un p'tit Coca après le sexe ? Bien frais alors...," RTL [Belgium], December 17, 2008
- "Arast?rmaya gerek yok, dedikodu yeter!" Haberanaliz [Turkey], December 16, 2008
- "Coca-Cola was sperm killer?" China Agricultural Processing Network [Taiwan], December 11, 2008
- "Nobel and Ig Nobel Awards," Spotlight Radio [with AUDIO], December 8, 2008
- "Random academic endorsements," Truncated Thoughts, December 8, 2008
- "Il Ritorno del Coniglio," CCS News [Italy], December 8, 2008
- "Write about your own improbable research idea," Examiner, December 8, 2008
- "Der Nobelpreis und seine Träger im Netz," Sudthuringer Zeitung [Germany], December 6, 2008
- "Do they award movies the Ig Nobel Prize?" Globe & Mail, December 5, 2008
- "Mad Scientists at Work," eContent, December 3, 2008
- "Celebrate weird science with the Ig Nobel Awards," Instructify, December 1, 2008
- "Chocolate or 4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde?" Examiner, November 30, 2008
- "Ig Nobels Salute Stranger Side Of Science," National Public Radio, November 28, 2008
- "Today on the Talkers: Palin (Michael), Etta James, wacky science," The Mediavore, November 28, 2008
- "Ig Nobel: arqueólogos Astolfo Mello Araújo" [AUDIO], FAPESP [Brazil], November 24, 2008
- "Thomas: Why some science qualifies as junk," Ventura County Star, November 22, 2008
- "Le Mag a... dore les chercheurs," MAGS [France], November 11, 2008
- "Stalin World," Tips From the T List, November 11, 2008
- "A cell of little brain," Argosy, November 6, 2008
- "Ig Nobel," Enjoy Gardening, November 3, 2008
- "Marc Abrahams: Annals of an Improbable Entrepreneur," Harvard Business School First Look, November 4, 2008
- "Antiterrorism Lingerie," Chemical and Engineering News, November 3, 2008
- "Entregó el comité científico de Los Anales de la Investigación Improbable los premios Ig Nobel," Jornada Michoacan [Mexico], November 3, 2008
- "Plants have feelings too, maybe," Windsor Star, November 1, 2008
- "Ig Nobel Prize hard to make people laugh: Coca-Cola was sperm killer?" QNCK [China], November 1, 2008
- "Na granicy nauki," Nowosci [Poland], October 31, 2008
- "Smart amoebas reveal origins of primitive intelligence," New Scientist, October 29, 2008
- "IG NOBEL PRIZES," Jeopardy [television game show], October 28, 2008
- "EDITORIAL: Awards prove scientists do have a sense of humour," Vancouver Sun, October 28, 2008
- "Coca Cola: not your average spermicide," Examiner, October 28, 2008
- "Szabados állati szex - a promiszkuitástól a nekrofiliáig," Origo [Hungary], October 28, 2008
- "Here's a character like no other," XinhuaNet, October 27, 2008
- "Kocham M. Pozwól si? uwie?? królowej nauk," Gazeta Wyborcza [Poland], October 27, 2008
- "Fallas para divulgar la ciencia," La Jornada Jalisco [Mexico], October 26, 2008
- "Smiesny umust," Polityka [Poland], October 25, 2008
- "Premi IgNobel, il genio dell'assurdo," La Repubblica [Italy], October 25, 2008
- "Festival scienza: consegna Ig-Nobel," Studio Celentano [Italy], October 25, 2008
- "Festival della Scienza. A Genova premiati gli Ig-Nobel," Fondazione Italiani [Italy], October 25, 2008
- "Tutti gli Ig Nobel 2008: la scienza che fa sorridere" and "Intervista con l’(Ig)Nobel: orgoglio e pregiudizio"" Focus [Italy], October 24, 2008
- "Los Ig Nobel" [VIDEO], El Notifiero Con Brozo [Mexico], October 2008
- "Light Friday: 2008 Ig Nobel Prizes," Industrial News Room, October 24, 2008
- "Coca-Cola + sperm don't mix," Hour, October 23, 2008
- "Premio Nobel? No, IgNobel," Mentelocale [Italy], October 23, 2008
- "Vegetables' right to live with dignity can't be ignored," The Standard, October 23, 2008
- "A Prize Called Ig" [VIDEO], Wall Street Journal, October 22, 2008
- "Todo se lia," El Pais [Spain], October 23, 2008
- "Gli IgNobel sbarcano a Genova," Il Secolo XIX [Italy], October 22, 2008
- "El premio que se rié del Nobel," El Nacional [Venezuela], October, 19, 2008
- "Nobel a la extravagancia," Semana [Colombia], October 19, 2008
- "Most Unusual Research: the Ig Nobel Prize Winners ," Health Center News, October, 19, 2008
- "El premio Nobel su historia," La Cronica [Colombia], October 18, 2008
- "?? ??????? ?? ?????? ???? ???," Novayagazeta, [Russia], October 18, 2008
- "Attention, inventeurs!" Le Figaro Magazine [France], October 17, 2008
- "'?? ???'? ???? ??? ????," Chosun [South Korea], October 17, 2008
- "Cola kverker sæd," Kvinner og klær [Norway], October 17, 2008
- "Arte Total," Ecos de la Costa [Mexico], October 17, 2008
- "Armadillo archaeological mayhem," Salon, October 17, 2008
- "Duke professor lands Ig Noble prize," Triangle Business Journal, October 17, 2008
- "Halutaan salaista vaalikahviseuraa," Keskisuomalainen [Finland], October 16, 2008
- "Ig Nobel prizes recognize thought-provoking work," The Heights, October 16, 2008
- "¡Otros premios Nobel!" Siglo21 [Spain], October 15, 2008
- "Dignity of plants humiliates researchers," Swiss World Radio, October 15, 2008
- "Festival: al via l'abbuffata di scienza," Mentelocale [Italy], October 15, 2008
- "Quand la science s'emmêle...," La Voix du Nord [France], October 14, 2008
- "Ig Nobel Prizes" [VIDEO], ABC News, October 14, 2008
- "Carbonated contraception not the real thing, baby," Fort Myers Florida Weekly, October 14, 2008
- "Il prezzo dei farmaci può modificarne l’efficacia percepita," Prisocafe [Italy], October 14, 2008
- "LES PRIX NOBEL ET LES PRIX IG NOBEL—Deux visions de la science," L'Expression [Algeria], October 13, 2008
- "The 2008 IgNobels," Pharyngula, October 13, 2008
- "Editorial: The Ig Nobel Award," Manila Sunday Times, October 12, 2008
- "And the winner is...," Times-Herald, October 12, 2008
- "Les recherches les plus tordues de l'année (IgNobels 2008)," Psychoweb [France], October 12, 2008
- "Unintentionally Inappropriate Science Papers," Jacks of Science, October 12, 2008
- "Spermicide Coke, fertile strippers scoop Ig Nobel Awards!," ANI, October 12, 2008
- "Opinion: The Ig Nobel Awards," Buffalo News, October 11, 2008
- "De muertos y de premios a cronopios," Exonline [Mecxico], October 11, 2008
- "2008年IG諾貝爾獎頒發:舞女可樂成焦點," Sina.com [China] October 11, 2008
- "The armadillo effect, times 1,000 ," Inquirer, October 11, 2008
- "Diet Coke prevents pregnancy," Slashfood, October 11,2008
- "The 2008 Ig Nobel Prizes Are Announced," Sina News [China], October 11, 2008
- "Premios Ig a lo improbable," El Caribe [Dominican Republic], October 10, 2008
- "Coke earns Ig Nobel honor," Daily Free Press, October 10, 2008
- "Vaihtoehto-Nobelit nostavat suupieliä tieteessä," Finfood, October 10, 2008
- "Ig Nobel winner - fleas on a dog jump higher than fleas on a cat," Irish Times, October 10, 2008
- "Ig Nobel Prizes," Science Flash [The Netherlands], October 10, 2008
- "Lap dancers’ tips vary with their menstrual cycles," Helsinki Times, October 10, 2008
- "La France Remporte an Unti-Nobel," Le Figaro [France], October 10, 2008
- "The Ig Nobel Prizes," Sound of Science [audio]. October 10, 2008
- "Study Shows BMI Levels Affect Eating Habits at All-You-Can-Eat Buffets," Cornell Daily Sun, October 10, 2008
- "Ig Nobel: Která blecha ská?e dál? Pro?," TN, [Czech Republic], October 10, 2008
- "Des Ig Nobel pas si nuls," La Recherche [France] October, 2008
- "Slime and fleas feature in Ig Nobel awards," Nature, October 9, 2008
- "Slime, Ovulation, Fleas and Fake Medicine," Ledger, October 9, 2008
- "?????? ????????? ??????? ??????????????," Expert [Russia], October 9, 2008
- "IT's biggest project failures -- and what we can learn from them," Computerworld, October 9, 2008
- "Bizarní nobelovky byly rozdány," Ekonom [Czeck Republic], October 9, 2008
- "Aficianados of the absurd have their yearly moment in the sun," Montreal Gazette, October 9, 2008
- "Strippers, fleas and slime," Times Higher Education, October 9, 2008
- "Scientific 'Notations'," PlanAdvisor, October 9, 2008
- "Koiran kirput hyppäävät kissan kirppuja korkeammalle," Verkkouutiset [Finland], October 8, 2008
- "'Mamagallistas' de la ciencia tambien tienen sus galardones," Cambio [Colombia], October 8, 2008
- "Don't Hurt the Feelings of Your Hibiscus!" Earth Astronomy Resources, October 8, 2008
- "The Smarts of Slime Mold," 360, October 8, 2008
- "Science can be so funny," China Youth Daily [China], October 8, 2008
- "Prêmios Ig-Nóbels," Globo [Brazil], October 8, 2008
- "A look at Ig Nobel winners," Regina Leader-Post, October 8, 2008
- "科学原来也可以这样搞笑," Cylol [China] October 8, 2008
- "Ig Nobel prizes 2008," New Scientist, October 8, 2008
- "2008 年搞笑诺贝尔奖公布 狗跳蚤比猫跳蚤跳得高," QNCK [China] October 7, 2008
- "The lighter side of science," R&D magazine, October 8, 2008
- "The 2008 Ig Nobel Prizes," [AUDIO], Daily Planet [Japan], October 7, 2008
- "Connais-tu les Ig Nobel?" Les Debrouillards [France], October 8, 2008
- "Crackly crisps taste better, costly placebos work better, and fleas jump higher on dogs than cats," BMJ, October 8, 2008
- "Showing History the Way Ahead," Washington Post, October 8, 2008
- "Boffin gives eaters sound advice," Oxford Mail, October 7, 2008
- "The Iggys 'honor' the Swiss for considering the moral rights of plants," Dallas Morning News Religeon Blog, October 7, 2008
- "Lost in all the Nobel hoopla," Business News Network, October 7, 2008
- "Dugumlenmeye devan," Aksam [Turkey], October 7, 2008
- "Shadow Nobel," Times of India, October 7, 2008
- "It's time to tip that cash-cow theory about photo radar," Calgary Sun, October 7, 2008
- "Most Unusual Research: the Ig Nobel Prize Winners," Women's Health, October 7, 2008
- "Viral marketing: Making the world smaller," Manila Times, October 6, 2008
- "Ig Nobel Pics," Daily Transcript, October 6, 2008
- "Crunchy Chips and Smart Slime Mold Win 2008 Ig Nobel Prizes," Discover, October 6, 2008
- "And the Ig Nobel Goes to...," Popular Science, October 6, 2008
- "O HOMEM E O UNICO ANIMAL QUE SORRI," Diaro De Noticias, [Portugal] October, 6, 2008
- "Ig Nobel 2008 : des Francais a l'honneur pour un saut de puce," Futura Sciences [France] October 6, 2008
- "Science ignoble," Branchez-Vous [Canada] October 6, 2008
- "Ig Nobel Prizes Highlight Excellence in Improbable Research," Medgadget, October 6, 2008
- "Ig Nobel 2008: des Français à l'honneur pour un saut de puce," Futura Sciences[France], October 6, 2008
- "Llegan los Nobel del cachondeo." El Diario Digital [Spain] October 6, 2008
- "Science ignoble," Branchez Vous [France], October 6, 2008
- "And the Ignobel Winners are..." Earth Sky, October 6, 2008
- "Odd-ball, Weird or Funny, but Spermicide Coke Wins Alternative Nobel Prize," EcoWorldly, October 6, 2008
- "The other Taiwanese authors who won the Ig Nobel Prize," China post [Taiwan] October 6, 2008
- "The Morning File: Once again, the Ig Nobels show that human achievement is multifacted," Pittsburg Post-Gazette, October 6, 2008
- "PREMI/ A un italiano l'IgNobel per aver variato il rumore delle patatine," Il Sussidiario [Italy] October 6, 2008
- ""Link permanente a questo articolo Nobel ed IgNobel del 2008," Galileo [Italy] October 6, 2008
- "Italiano vince l'Ig Nobel 2008 con una ricerca sulle," Il Sole 24 ORE [Italy] October 5, 2008
- "The Ig Nobels – Far From Ignoble," eFluxMedia, October 5, 2008
- "特別:二○○八年搞笑諾貝爾獎" [and with VIDEO], Sciscape.org [Taiwan] October 5, 2008
- "Ig Nobel 2008: Coke có th?... di?t tinh trùng!," Belinews [Vietnam], October 5, 2008
- "Ig Nobel Dreams," Cocktail Party Physics, October 5, 2008
- "Pesquisas curiosas sao premiadas com o Ig Nobel," AFP [Brazil] October 5, 2008
- "Contraception Goes Better With Coke?" New York Times—Ideas, October 5, 2008
- "Nobel pour rire 2008," Agency Science-Press [Canada] October 5, 2008
- "2008 Ig Nobel Prizes." Bostonist, October 5, 2008
- "And the Ig-Nobel Prize for Archaeology goes to...," About.com, October 5, 2008
- "Clever slime wins Ig Nobel!," The Oyster's Garter, October 4, 2008
- "Nobel pour rire 2008," Agence Science-Presse [France], October 5, 2008
- "Ig Nobel Prizes stiff particle physics-again," Symmetry Magazine, October 4, 2008
- "Japanese win Ig Nobel for amoeba study, " Japan Times [Japan] October 4, 2008
- "Dog fleas jump higher than cat fleas (and other 2008 Ig Nobel Prize winners)," IT Wire, October 4, 2008
- "Ig Nobel award for work on potato crisps...," The Hindu [India] October 4, 2008
- "2008 Ig Nobel Prizes honor research on stripper fertility and Coca-Cola as spermicide," Associated Press, October 4, 2008
- "台美研究可樂避孕 雙獲搞笑諾貝爾," China Times [China] October 4, 2008
- "'Du Bastard' - Wenn Forschung interessant und lustig wird," Web.DE [Germany] October 4, 2008
- "Entregan Ig Nobel a estudios excéntricos" Milenio [Mexico] October 4, 2008
- "Prix Nobel, par Robert Solé," Le Monde, October 4, 2008
- "Ig Nobel : Harvard décerne un prix aux recherches ridicules," Rue89 [France], October 4, 2008
- "Premio al hallazgo de que el ruido de las patatas condiciona su sabor," El Periódico de Catalunya [Spain] October 4, 2008
- "Il premio ignobile sfotte la scienza strizzando l’occhio a Rocco Siffredi," Liberatzione [Italy], October 3, 2009
- "Premios al absurdo en la investigación," SOITU.ES [Spain] October 3, 2008
- "¡Se entregaron los Anti Nobel!," Ciudad [Argentina] October 3, 2008
- "Real science at the Ig Nobels," Nature Network, October 3, 2008
- "Plant dignity principle wins spoof Nobel prize," Swissinfo, October 3, 2008
- "Verhutung mit Cola light," Focus Magazine [Germany] October 3, 2008
- "Ig Nobel Italiano per il suono delle patatine," L'Espresso [Italy] October 3, 2008
- "RICERCA: PREMI IG NOBEL, 10 RICONOSCIMENTI PER STUDI ASSURDI," ANSA [Italy] October 3, 2008
- "Újabb magyar nyert IgNobel-díjat," Index [Hungary], October 3, 2008
- "Ig Nobel awards: Irrelevant scientific research honoured," Telegraph, October 3, 2008
- "Pulci, armadilli e patatine Ecco gli Ig Nobel 2008" and "Zampini, il vincitore italiano," La Republica [Italy] October 3, 2008
- "證明可樂不會殺精 萬芳醫院院長獲搞笑諾貝爾獎" [VIDEO], NOWNews [Taiwan] October 3, 2008
- "Stripper tips and Coca-Cola spermicide highlight wacky Ig Nobel awards at Harvard," NetworkWorld, October 3, 2008
- "Feldforschung im Striptease-Schuppen," Tagesschau [Germany] October 3, 2008
- "Schweiz gewinnt Anti-Friedensnobelpreis fur Pflanzenwurde," NZZ [Germany] October 3, 2008
- "'Coca-Cola douches' scoop Ig Nobel prize," New Scientist, October 3, 2008
- "'La ricetta? Unire scienza e humor E adesso lavoro sugli spazzolini'" and "Pulci, armadilli e patatine Ecco gli Ig Nobel 2008," La Repubblica [Italy], October 3, 2008
- "Ig Nobel 2008, premi a Coca Cola spermicida e patatine stantie," Reuters Italia [Italy] October 3, 2008
- "Estudo sobre a ovulacao e as gorjetas das dancarinas de bar vence IgNobel da Economia," Publico [Portugal] October 3, 2008
- "推翻「可樂殺精」名醫獲獎萬芳院長拿下台灣第三座搞笑諾貝爾," Apple Times [Taiwan] October 3, 2008
- "SCIENCE: Smart Slime and Cola Spermicides – It's Ig Nobel Time," Inter Press Service, October 3, 2008
- "新聞辭典:搞笑諾貝爾獎 Ig Nobel," Radio Taiwan International [Taiwan] October 3, 2008
- "Le patatine croccanti sono più buone. Ig Nobel a Massimiliano Zampini ," Fondazione Italiani [Italy], October 3, 2008
- "Prix anti-Nobel décerné au Coca-Cola qui détruit le sperme," L'Express, [France], October 3, 2008
- "Ig Nobel Prizes Salute Faux Crisp Chips and Other Research Milestones," Chronicle of Higher Education, October 3, 2008
- "No Condom? Try Diet Coke?" Xconomy, October 3, 2008
- "Les sauts de puces récompensés," Nouvelle Observateur [France], , October 3, 2008
- "Les prix Ig Nobel 2008," Le Lezard, October 3, 2008
- "Salma Hayek, James Earl Jones, Tina Turner (And Deborah J. Anderson)," International Herald Tribune, October 3, 2008
- "「イヌに付いているノミの飛距離」研究、08年のイグ・ノーベル賞受賞," AFPBB [Korea] October 3, 2008
- "Ig Nobel Inspires Zany Fun," Harvard Crimson, October 3, 2008
- "Ig Nobel Prizes stiff particle physics-again," Symmetry, October 3, 2008
- "Ig Nobel Prize is 'knot funny'" [with AUDIO], BBC News, October 3, 2008
- "Ig Nobel 2008 awards announced—Strong showing for US scientists," Vnunet, October 3, 2008
- "Ig Nobels Reward Quirky Research," MIT Tech, October 3, 2008
- "Ig Nobels Honor Studies of Lap Dancing, Soft Drink-Based Contraception," ScienceNow, October 3, 2008.
- "Spermicide Coke, stale chips research wins Ig Nobels," Reuters, October 3, 2008
- "String theory," The Editors, October 3, 2008
- "Dog fleas, string star in wacky science prizes," AFP, October 3, 2008
- "Four Taiwanese researchers bag Ig Nobel award," Taiwan Ministry of the Interior, October 3, 2008
- "Strippers, Coke Inspire Sci-Prize Winners," CBS News, October 3, 2008
- "An Ig Nobel diary," Nature News, October 3, 2008
- "Solved: scientific riddles of flea hops, armadillo digs and lap dancers' tips," and "Double win for Britain at the Ig Nobels," Guardian, October 3, 2008
- "RICERCA: PREMI IG NOBEL, 10 RICONOSCIMENTI PER STUDI ASSURDI," Ansa [Italy], October 3, 2008
- "Cola, stale chip research win Ig Nobels," ABC Science [Australia], October 3, 2008
- "
Brasileiro comemora vitoria no Ig Nobel, o Nobel da pesquisa bizarra ," Globo [Brazil], October 3, 2008 - "Ig Nobel Prize Winners Include Italian Potato Chip Crunchiness Scientist," [VIDEO], TG2 [Italy], October 3, 2008
- "Smart Slime, Ovulating Strippers Among 2008 Ig Nobels," National Geographic News, October 3, 2008
- "Brasileiro e o vencedor do Ig Nobel," 24HorasNews [Brazil]. October 3, 2008
- "Cientistas brasileiros ganham Premio Ig Nobel de Arqueologia," Inovacao Tecnologica [Brazil], October 3, 2008
- "Dupla brasileira ganha premio Ig Nobel," AFP [Brazil], October 3, 2008
- "This year’s improbable research prize goes to," The Times [London], October 3, 2008
- "Strippers, Coke & Armadillos All Receive Ig Nobel Awards," Red Orbit, October 3, 2008
- "WATCH SOME SCIENTIFIC SILLINESS," MSNBC, October 2, 2008
- "Something Light: And the award goes to...," World Magazine, October 2, 2008
- "Brasileiros levam o premio Ig Nobel por estudo com tatus," Globo [Brazil], October 2, 2008
- "Ig Nobel prizes celebrate a different kind of science," and "Ig Nobel Prizes", Boston Globe, October 2, 2008
- "It's Ig Nobel time," Ars Technical, October 2, 2008
- "Ricerca: stanotte premi Ig Nobel," Studio Celentano [Italy], October 2, 2008
- "Something Light: And the award goes to …," World Magazine, October 2, 2008
- "Bourde, humour, et frustration," Mediapert [France], October 2, 2008
- "Participe na cerimónia de entrega dos prémios IgNobel," Infoscópio, October 1, 2008
- "Ig Nobel: Where Are They Now?" Network World, October 1, 2008
- "Debates, awards and birthday cakes," St. Petersburg Times, September 29, 2008
- "OUR IG NOBEL HISTORY," San Diego Union-Tribune, September 25, 2008
- "Lezioni di filosofisica," La Repubblica [Italy], September 24, 2008
- "Lärm-Attacke auf Jugendliche," All-In [Germany], September 21, 2008
- "Priz Ig Nobel," Teles [France], September 21, 2008
- "Schwertschlucken für die Wissenschaft," Geo [Germany], September 8, 2008
- "Project Steve: n = 900," National Center for Science Education National Center for Science Education, September 5, 2008
- "Les IgNobels," Points de Cerise Violette [France], September 5, 2008
- "The Strange Genitals of Waterfowl," DC Birding, September 4, 2008
- "Graphene pioneers bag Europhysics prize," Physics World, September 2, 2008
- "Liquidity (Literally)," Seeking Alpha, September 2, 2008
- "Animals behaving badly," New Scientist, September 1, 2008
- "Pokolenie karaoke," Eurostudent [Poland], August 27, 2008
- "Ig-nobilierte Studie über nekrophile Enten," science ORF [Austria], August 27, 2008
- "Entrevista con Diego Golombek," La Revista Peninsula [Mexico], August 22, 2008
- "MRI and the Ig Nobel Prizes," 21 [Korea], August 20, 2008
- "Sex, Massages and Taxpayer Dollars," ABC News, August 20, 2008
- "How dangerous is sword-swallowing .. and other stupid research," Glasgow Daily Record, August 9, 2008
- "Les Prix IgNobel : La science qui fait rire... et réfléchir," Eparsa 'Fance], August 8, 2008
- "A taste of the bizarre," Metro [UK], July 31, 2008
- "Curiosidades: Los igNobel 2006 [with video]," El Rancahuaso, July 25, 2008
- "La «mémoire de l’eau» a 20 ans," Canoe [Canada]," July 25, 2008
- "Improbable TV," Chemical & Engineering News Central, July 23, 2008
- "Indignation Within Organizations," Industrial News Room, July 18 2008
- "Research: Good science, bad science, fun science and the Kohn brothers," Health Watch, July 2008
- "Ignobel, riure amb la ciència" [VIDEO], Edu3 [Catalonia], July 2008
- "Los Ignobel o anti Nobel de la ciencia," Ciencia, July 18 2008
- "Family fun: a day in the Gulag?," Baltic Times, July 16, 2008
- "Another who had won the humorously prestigious Ig Nobel Prize," Washington Post, July 9, 2008
- "It's called Improbable Research," Courier-Mail, July 2, 2008
- "Low key, off key, but anyway it's your way," Japan Times", July 1, 2008
- "IG-Nobelprijzen op YouTube," De Volkskrant [The Netherlands], June 27, 2008
- "Improbable Research Collections," Creative Commons, June 25, 2008
- "Another amazing coincidence," Way of the Woo, June 24, 2008
- "Deep nerdism with the pacing and absurdity of a classic Monty Python episode," NewTeeVee, June 23, 2008
- "It's a kennel-meets-a-laundromat," Macleans, June 19, 2008
- "Inventor of karaoke," CityBeat, June 19, 2008
- "'Improbable Research Collections' video debut," BoingBoing, June 18, 2008
- "Roberts becomes a knight bachelor," Guardian, June 13, 2008
- "'Greener' Duck Hunting Ammo: Depleted Uranium," Danger Room, June 12, 2008
- "Chattanooga: Erlanger Emergency Physician Honored," Chattanooga Times, June 6, 2008
- "Francis Fesmire, MD Named Hero Of Emergency Medicine," The Chattanoogan, June 5, 2008
- "Dramatische dood eend herdacht," De Telegraaf [the Netherlands], June 5, 2008
- "No AIR in DOAJ," Open Access News, May 29, 2008
- "Dr Chittaranjan Andrade to write CME Column in the Indian Journal Of Psychiatry," Johnite, May 13, 2008
- "We suspect you've never...," SpotCoolStuff, May 8, 2008
- "AIR Limerick Contest: Grauballe Man's Intestines," About Archaeology, April 19, 2008
- "April Fools' Day Facts: Behind the Laughs," April 1, 2008
- "The Great Research Bull," Times of India, March 30, 2008
- "Research on some research," Japan Times, March 29, 2008
- "Indexers and Ig Nobels," Sintoblog, March 26, 2008
- "The economy is a funny thing after all" [audio], Marketplace, March 21, 2008
- "A Study of Incompetence" [audio], Nature Podcast, March 20, 2008
- "Meat Pie Mammography," Times [London], March 18, 2008
- "Backstage at this year's IgNobel awards tour" [audio] Guardian, March 17, 2008
- "The 2007 Ig Nobel Prize Winners," Teaching Science [Australia], March 2008
- "Scientists consider meat pie mammography and self heating bathtubs," BMJ, March 15, 2008
- "Celebrating the world of unusual science," Shields Gazette, March 14, 2008
- "Taste of the dark side for Claire’s ‘captive’ locusts," Newcastle Journal, March 13, 2008
- "Ig Nobel Prize Winners Visit Britain," BBC World News, March 11, 2008
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