Press Clips - 2012

What the press has to say about us

NOTE: Items listed in red letters are especially entertaining or enlightening.
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• "Weird science: 'This Is Improbable' chronicles the world's strange experiments", Christian Science Monitor, November 29, 2012
• "Christmas gifts 2012: the best science books", Guardian, November 28, 2012
• "Dr. Nakamats, the Man With 3300 Patents to His Name", Smithsonian, December 2012
• "Infinite Monkey Cage: Improbable Science" [AUDIO], BBC Radio 4, November 26, 2012
• "Museum of Curiosity: Gallery 5, Room 6", QI, November 2012
• "The Evolutionary Development of 646 Pokémon Characters, by UC Davis Entomologists", Patch, November 3, 2012
• AT IG NOBEL TIME IN 2012 WE GOT OVERWHELMED BY THE VOLUME OF PRESS CLIPPINGS (AND OTHER ACTIVITY). HAVING SKIPPED THE SUBSEQUENT TWO MONTHS OF COLLECTING, WE PLAN, BEGINNING IN NOVEMBER, TO COLLECT ONLY OCCASIONAL HIGHLIGHTS.
• "The Ig Nobel awards: Scientific progress goes 'boink'", Network World, September 20, 2012
• "Am I dreaming?... The 2012 Ig Nobel Prizes", Earthquake Shakes, September 20, 2012
• "Science can be improbably practical", Cosmic Log [MSNBC], September 19, 2012
• "The 2012 Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony Grows Nigh!", io9, September 19, 2012
• "La science s'amuse avec les Ig Nobels", Metro [France], September 19, 2012
• "The Sillier Side of Science Gets Its Day in the Sun", [AUDIO] Boston Public Radio [WGBH], September 19, 2012
• "Driving blind video captures award-winning experiment", New Scientist, September 19, 2012
• "Curiously pleasant surprises: A Q & A with Ig Nobelist Marc Abrahams", Nature Boston, September 18, 2012
• "Chocolate-Bunny Boxes, Yawning Tortoises and Masturbation Distractions: 10 WTF Research Highlights", Wired Science, September 18, 2012
• "The Arms Race Gets Dirty: Russian Scientist Files Patent For New Biological Weapon", Transmission, September 18, 2012
• "Notes the director. Bra, a chemist and noses", LB [Ukraine], September 27, 2012
• "Why great science can be both funny and profound" [AUDIO], Guardian Science Weekly, September 17, 2012
• "Bluff the Listener: Recycling" [AUDIO], Wait Wait Don't Tell Me [NPR], September 15, 2012
• "Der Schöpfer der Ig-Nobelpreise bezieht Stellung", Der Standaard [Austria], September 15, 2012
• "The physics of the strapless evening gown", Neurotic Physiology, September 14, 2012
• "Hic hic hooray! These tricks will make your hiccups go away", News.com, September 13, 2012
• "First artificial vestibular implanted", Medical Facts [The Netherlands], September 13, 2012
• "Love is blind in science, too", Montreal Gazette, September 12, 2012
• "La procrastination", Evene [France], September 12, 2012
• "The Improbable Science Behind Coffee Strength, Crisp Chips, And More", VSL, September 12, 2012
• "The Greatest Hits of Weird Science", Slate, September 12, 2012
• "Krant is al klaar aan einde Ig Nobel Night", Leidsche Dagblad [The Netherlands], September 12, 2012
• "Selling to the Senses", U of T Magazine, Autumn, 2012
• "Pointless Research From World's Biggest Brains", The Sun, September 11, 2012
• "Quand la Science Fait Rire: IgNobels have their own TV show!", PsiVid [Scientific American], September 10, 2012
• "Marc Abrahams on the odd questions scientists are asking" [AUDIO], Today [BBC], September 10, 2012
• "No small achievements", Independent Mail, September 10, 2012
• "This is Improbable by Marc Abrahams", The Tattooed Book, September 9, 2012
• "2012 Ig Nobel Awards", About.com, September 8, 2012
• "The Importance of Strange Science" [AUDIO], NPR, September 7, 2012
• "Little Atoms Road Trip 21 – Marc Abrahams" [AUDIO], Little Atoms, September 7, 2012
• "Pour John Perry, la procrastination c'est tout un art!", Evene [France], September 7, 2012
• "Improbable science that makes you laugh - thoughtfully" [AUDIO], New Scientist, September 7, 2012
• "Reader's Digest Recommends: Weird Science: 'Ig Nobel' and Hilarious", Reader's Digest, September 6, 2012
• "Krievs izgudrojis tanku, kas šauj ar kakām", Delfi Izklaide [Latvia], September 6, 2012
• "Ig Nobel Prize ceremony returns Sept. 20 — this time with Win-a-Date-with-a-Nobel-Laureate Contest", Cambridge Day, September 6, 2012
• "Запатентованный петербуржцем танк, стреляющий фекалиями, претендует на «Шнобелевскую» премию", Baltinfo [Russia], September 6, 2012
• "Petersburger invented weapons, demoralizing the enemy feces", KM [Russia], September 5, 2012
• "Petersburger invented the tank, shooting excrement" [VIDEO], Topspv-TV [Russia], September 5, 2012
• "The 2012 Ig Nobel Prizes", Neatorama, September 5, 2012
• "У Росії запатентовано зброю зі снарядами з фекалій (ФОТО)", ZN [Ukrainia], September 4, 2012
• "Ig Nobel Prize winner Reverend Moon is dead", Asiae [South Korea], September 3, 2012
• "Philosopher Muses on 'The Art of Procrastination'", University of California Riverside Today, August 31, 2012
• "Dr Karl's performance has 500 spellbound", The Advocate, August 31, 2012
• "Stanford professor reveals the art of procrastination in new book" [AUDIO], PRI, August 30, 2012
• "Ig Nobel-nacht: lachen in Stadsgehoorzaal", Leidsch Dagblad [The Netherlands], August 30, 2012
• "Prutter fisk?" Ekstra Bladet [Denmark], August 29, 2012
• "Kan fisk prutte?" Videnskab [Denmark], August 27, 2012
• "Греция вынуждена решить вопрос об аренде своих островов", Epoch Times [Russia], August 24, 2012
• "Passing gas is an art and science", Salon, August 23, 2012
• "The text of economics interesting way I have only one lackluster", Diamond [Japan], August 20, 2012
• "Strange but true: science's most improbable research", The Observer, August 16, 2012
• "The IgNobels are coming, and Sci will be there!" The Scicurious Brain, August 16, 2012
• "Quiz is toast of I-Day for many", The Hindu, August 16, 2012
• "The Medical Minute: Debunking 'old wives' tales' about health", Medical Minute, August 10, 2012
• "Catching Up With Tom Swift a Century Later" [AUDIO], NPR, August 10, 2012
• "Sign us up for a gaziillion copies, please", C&EN Central, August 9, 2012
• "Terrible Things Can Happen If You Eat Live Earthworms", Business insider, August 1, 2012
• "Marx in the Market", India Today, July 31, 2012
• "Who Will Win the Ig Nobel Prize?", Physics Central, July 30, 2012
• "Great moments in science education", BoingBoing, July 27, 2012
• "Scienza, i Nobel premiano le ricerche più strampalate ad…Harvard", Il Fatto Scienza [Italy], July 26, 2012
• "'Did you know?!' A study of studies!", HLN TV, July 24, 2012
• "How Improbable Research's Marc Abrahams Finds the Humor in Science", io9 and Gizmodo, July 18, 2012
• "The Perils of Violin-Playing", Wall Street Journal Ideas Market, July 18, 2012
• "Hvordan få ting gjort mens du venter med å komme i gang", Dagbladet [Norway], July 14, 2012
• "Look, Listen, Taste", NPR, July 13, 2012
• "GIANT SPERM need a giant sperm cannon", Neurotic Physiology, July 13, 2012
• "Microsoft hires hippy to lecture resellers on being nice to the world", The Register, July 11, 2012
• "Gran Bretagna: cerchio nel grano ha la forma di bruco sorridente", Net1News [Italy], July 10, 2012
• "This Week's Web Picks: Improbable Research", AnnArbo.comr, June 30, 2012
• "¿Es perjudicial aguantar las ganas de orinar?", MedTempus, June 29, 2012
• "Dr. NakaMats, the World's Most Prolific Inventor" [VIDEO], Popular Science, June 28, 2012
• "Let the food hit the floor", New Times, June 27, 2012
• "With bated breath: the world's most slow slide", Yam News [China], June 27, 2012
• "Eerst lachen, dan nadenken, ook in Nederland", NRC Handelsblad [The Netherlands], June 26, 2012
• "Science décalée : pourquoi les piverts n'ont pas mal au crâne?" Futura Sciences [France], June 25, 2012
• "Epic Creationist Fail: Bombardier Beetle Book, Skepchick, June 2012
• "Science that makes people laugh then think", Science Times [South Korea], June 18, 2012
• "Tronarse los dedos no causa artritis", Muy Interesante [Mexico] , June 18, 2012
• "Putting a Friendly Face on Statistics" [AUDIO], Science Friday, June 15, 2012
• "Penguins' Sex Acts Shocked Polar Explorer", Discovery News, June 11, 2012
• "If it didn't rain, it just wouldn't be jubilee", The Star, June 10, 2012
• "L'étrange cas du canard homosexuel nécrophile", Le Monde, June 7, 2012
• "The Value of Ridiculous-Seeming Research", ET News [South Korea], June 7, 2012
• "Invisible Gorillas, IgNobel Prizes and What it All Means for Drug Discovery", Bioworld Perspectives, June 5, 2012
• "Science décalée : les pigeons reconnaissent un Monet d'un Picasso", Futura-Sante [France], June 3, 2012
• "Vilnius Mayor Wins 2011 Ig Nobel Peace Prize", Systemic Failure, May 31, 2012
• "Cracking Your Knuckles Can Give You Arthritis: Science or Myth?", The Atlantic, May 30, 2012
• "Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony Founder Visits Korea", Donga [South Korea], May 28, 2012
• "Silent, even deadly, not all farts are created equal", Vancouver Sun, May 28, 2012
• "Científicos argentinos descubren que el viagra reduce síntomas del jet lag", Cronica [Mexico], May 22, 2012
• "Premios IgNobel", Muy Interasente [Mexico], May 22, 2012
• "How a levitating frog led to the Nobel Prize", EatBigFish, May 18, 2012
• "Cesaret ve cehalet", Milliyet [Turkey], May 18, 2012
• "The Itching Question That's More Than Skin Deep" [AUDIO], Science Friday, May 18, 2012
• "Ig Nobel" [VIDEO], TV [Thailand], May 17, 2012
• "Figline aspetta il Giro e avvista i cerchi nel grano", Il reporter [Italy], May 17, 2012
• "Meter el dedo en el ano contra el hipo", Diario Público [Spain], May 17, 2012
• "Wah! Wasabi", The Hindu, May 17, 2012
• "America's other drinking and driving problem", Fox Business, May 15, 2012
• "Gizmodo Asks Dr Karl About His Geek Origins", Gizmodo, May 15, 2012
• "Prêmio IgNobel: Sim, ele existe, e o Brasil já ganhou!", Cientista Malluko [Brazil], May 12, 2012
• "IG Nobel: para duvidar, rir e pensar", Ligia Fascioni [Brazil], May 12, 2012
• "Kai visi keliai veda niekur", Alfa [Lithuania], May 11, 2012
• "Conocé los desopilantes Premios Ignobel a la ciencia" [VIDEO], [Argentina, May 10, 2012
• "Pitch drop experiment's ninth drop is preparing to fall. Fingers crossed the live feed holds" [and LIVE WEB CAM], News.com, May 7, 2012
• "La regla de los 10 segundos", La Nacion [Argentina], May 6, 2012
• "Strange Prize", Stoo [Korea], May 6, 2012
• "Eureka: 'Ig Nobel' book found in Porter Square", Cambridge Day, May 4, 2012
• "The Physics of Spilled Coffee", Science Now, May 4, 2012
• "Breaking: Oppenheimer to leave for UCLA", daily Princetonian, May 3, 2012
• "Fórmula matemática para evitar los ojos cerrados en una foto de grupo", Ciencia, May 2, 2012
• "Americani e turchi i più convinti: la fine del mondo è vicina", Linkiesta [Italy], May 2, 2012
• "The Drone, the Car & the Beat", CollTales, April 27, 2012
• "Doc finds G-spot in cadaver", CNEWS, April 25, 2012
• "Study: Elusive G-Spot Identified On Cadaver, But Controversy Remains", WBUR CommonHealth, April 25, 2012
• "Tissetrengthet tilsvarer 0,5 i promille", Dagbladet [Norway], April 25, 2012
• "Why Everybody's Wrong About the G-Spot", Gizmodo, April 25, 2012
• "Ig-nobel et le soutien-gorge masque à gaz / Ig-Nobel and the bra protective face mask", My Dream Lingerie, April 24, 2012
• "Holding in a wee is 'as bad as drink driving'", Autoblog, April 24, 2012
• "Ig Nobel start", San Diego Union-Tribune, April 23, 2012
• "Why Having To Pee While Driving Is As Bad As Drinking", Jalopnik, April 23, 2012
• "Ig Nobel Inventions", Epilektoi News [Greece], April 22, 2012
• "Ignobelevskaya Award", Sententia [Russia], April 20, 2012
• "Interview with the select-politicians-at-random physicist Andrea Rapisarda" [AUDIO], Material World [BBC Radio 4], April 19, 2012
• "Scientific showman wins award for levitating frog," Western Morning News, April 19, 2012
• "Woodpecker Skulls Have a Special Build", Comments [Ukraine], April 19, 2012
• "Farts! The silent killer", Windsor Star, April 19, 2012
• "Best way to pick legislators? At random.", Wonkblog, April 17, 2012
• "Beautiful minds: Andre Geim levitates a frog", BBC Four, April 17, 2012
• "Ig Nobel" [VIDEO], Vetenskapens Varld [Sweden], April 16, 2012
• "Laughing matters: Marc Abrahams", Bambu Batu, April 16, 2012
• "Mucche ideali e cavalli reali (l'articolo)", Rangle [Italy], April 16, 2012
• "Marc Abrahams Makes Science Improbably Funny" [AUDIO], NPR Science Friday, April 13, 2012
• "Discoveries About Woodpecker Heads", Lenta [Russia], April 11, 2012
• "A Pineapple in praise of science", China Daily, April 11, 2012
• "The 20th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize," Jeopardy!, April 9, 2012
• "The five greatest Ig Nobel prize-winning scientific papers", Wired, April 6, 2012
• "Let's Talk About the Ig Nobel Prize Winners" [VIDEO], Buco Nero [Italy], April 6, 2012
• "Ig Nobel Prizes show silly side of science", St. Louis Beacon, April 5, 2012
• "Santé: Faire craquer ses articulations dangereux pour la santé?", Au Feminin [France], April 4, 2012
• "Bart Knols: Cheese and dogs and a pill to kill mosquitoes" [VIDEO], TEDx Maastricht, April 2, 2012
• "April Fools' Day: Why Is It Prime Time for Pranks?", National Geographic, April 1, 2012
• "Humour in Science" [AUDIO], Ockham's Razor [ABC], April 1, 2012
• "There is a parody set", Today I Found Out, April 1, 2012
• "Pesce d'aprile, scherzi da premio", National Geographic Italia [Italy], March 31, 2012
• "Ignobel Indians", Open, March 31, 2012
• "Silly Serious Science: Homage to the Ig Nobel and Ben Franklin", Wall Street Journal Ideas Calendar, March 31, 2012
• "Les craquements de doigts étudiés sur 50 ans", Le Monde [Fracne], March 30, 2012
• "Una historia de amor entre un escarabajo y una botella de cerveza se lleva el premio Ig Nobel", RTVE [Spain], March 30, 2012
• "The Ig Nobel Prizes", BigThinkTV [Korea], March 29, 2012
• "PENNY HAW: Learning to turn your nose up in life", Business Day, March 28, 2012
• "Pardon me: Did a robot just hear fish farts?" MSNBC Technolog, March 28, 2012
• "Sild prutter" [AUDIO], P4 Fyn [Denmark], March 28, 2012
• "Zanahorias y dientes de león de Alemania y almas muertas de Grecia", La Voz de Rusia [Russia], March 26, 2012
• "En misstänkt ubåt kan vara fisande sillar", SVT [Sweden], March 25, 2012
• "Magnus Wahlberg: Fish Farts, not Russian Submarines" [AUDIO], Naturmorgon [Sweden], March 24, 2012
• "Escarabajo australiano en peligro de extinción: machos confundidos copulan con botellas de cerveza", BioBioChile [Chile], March 23, 2012
• "Fjollede forskere besøger Odense", Fyens [Denmark], March 23, 2012
• "Hardest Possible", Globes [Israel], March 22, 2012
• "Diputado opositor anuncia que postulará a Evo a premio anti-Nobel", Opinion [Bolivia], March 20, 2012
• "Research by Mucking About", StrategyProfs.net, March 20, 2012
• "Amüsante Forschungsergebnisse im Netz", Techfacts [Germany], March 17, 2012
• "Fire alarm that sets your lungs burning as well", The Times [London], March 16, 2012
• "Some meals are indeed works of art", San Francisco Chronicle, March 16, 2012
• "Research by Mucking About", Forbes, March 16, 2012
• "Who's Afraid of the Wasabi Fire Alarm ?" Memoirs of a Defective Brain, March 16, 2012
• "Pass the wasabi", Physics World, March 14, 2012
• "Ig Nobel Prize: Science and Humor", Yale Scientific Magazine, March 14, 2012
• "Forskning som väcker skratt och eftertanke", Karolinska Institure [Sweden], March 13, 2012
• "Interview de Arnd Leike, Ig Nobel de physique", Naked Science [France], March 12, 2012
• "Daniel Oppenheimer at Barnes and Noble", Metro Weekly, March 12, 2012
• "An experiment to be reckoned with", Italia Futura, March 12, 2012
• "The Ig Nobel Tour of the UK", [AUDIO] Guardian Science Weekly Podcast, March 12, 2012
• "Vuoi rimanere concentrato al tavolo? Occhio alla vescica! Fonte AssoPoker", Assopoker [Italy], March 11, 2012
• "Ig Nobel Prizes," Independent Broadcasters of Ireland, March 3, 2012
• "Andre Geim is the only person...", Varsity, March 2, 2012
• "Hoagland se convirtió en un conspiranoico..." El Correo [Spain], March 2, 2012
• "Los Nuevos Ig Nobel", Diariovasco, February 29, 2012
• "How fish farts almost caused a diplomatic crisis between Russia and Sweden" [VIDEO], BoingBoing, February 29, 2012
• "L'expérience la plus longue du monde", Techniques-Ingenieur [France], February 28, 2012
• "Fun and Games", Crosswalk, February 28, 2012
• "Sofia Dahl from Media Technology in Copenhagen has been asked to talk at the Ig Nobel Prize Tour", Aalborg University, February 28, 2012
• "Vaginal pH Redux: Broader Perspectives on Douching, Race… and Lime Juice", Context and Variation, February 28, 2012
• "How long and boring meetings diminish brainpower", Irish Times, February 27, 2012
• "The only decent academic study that I can find", Financial Times, February 26, 2012
• "A cut throat profession: the dying art of sword swallowing", East Londoners, February 24, 2012
• "Study links urge to pee with impairment", Brown Daily Herald, February 24, 2012
• "The Tale Of A Wolfram Research Co-founder And His Beloved 'Periodic Table Table'", TechCrunch, February 23, 201"
• "When Research Is Funny", Canadian Geographic Compass, February 19, 2012
• "Oyalanman?n bilimi ve sanati", Yesil Gazette [Turkey], February 19, 2012
• "First Nobel/Ig Nobel winner is no mad scientist", Herald-Times, February 19, 2012
• "The ignoble, and nutty, pursuit of scientific knowledge", Vancouver Sun, February 18, 2012
• "Russian physicist — Nobel winner for graphene work, levitator of frogs — to give public lecture at IU," Indiana University, February 17, 2012
• "It's never too late — or early — to start challenging your brain", Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, February 12, 2012
• "Ig Nobel Awards: Most hilarious Technology Accomplishments", The Guild Wars Game [Denmark], February 8, 2012
• "Ig Nobel: 'Meritocrazia? No grazie, meglio random'", LiveUnict [Italy], February 5, 2012
• "Ig Nobel" [AUDIO], Que se Vayan Todos [Venezuela], February 23, 2012
• "Laugh and Think", JamesEd, January 30, 2012
• "Mad Colors, Invisible Hues & a Boy Who Sees in the Dark", Colltales, January 27, 2012
• ""My Favorite Museum Exhibit": The Bishop's Rectum", Boing-Boing, January 26, 2012
• "Will Your Next Bandage Be Made Of Cured Salt Pork?", Red Orbit, January 26, 2012
• "World's longest lab experiment still going 85 years later", CNET, January 25, 2012
• "Bacon: Nosebleed Cure To End All Nosebleed Cures?", Huffington Post, January 26, 2012
• Marc Abrahams at the GEL Conference [video], GEL Conference, January 25, 2012
• "El Material Nanotecnológico Grafeno, Ahora Empleado Para Hacer un Vodka Más Fuerte", RT [Spain], January 25, 2012
• "Got bacon? DMC docs find pork cures rare nosebleeds", Detroit News, January 25, 2012
• "By the Sword: The Science of Sword-Swallowing", Cocktail Party Physics, January 25, 2012
• Interview with the random-promotion Ig Nobel winners [VIDEO], Telecamere [ITALY], January 22, 2012
• "How to get tickets to the 2012 Ig Nobel Awards tour", Ian Visits, January 22, 2012
• "Workers face a wee problem", Bayside Leader, January 22, 2012
• "From tinkering on the fringes to Nobel glory", New Scientist, January 20, 2012
• "Les avaleurs de sabres souffrent aussi", Le Monde [France], January 20, 2012
• "Henry's Law explains why your knuckles crack", io9, January 20, 2012
• "UQ Pitch Drop Experiment – Like watching paint dry only slower and more interesting", Category Zero, January 20, 2012
• "World's longest lab experiment a lesson in persistence," Brisbane Times, January 20, 2012
• "Que sont les prix IG Nobel?" Omnilogie [France], January 20, 2012
• "'Pasticcio' opera and the Ig Nobel Prizes", CBC Saturday Afternoon at the Opera, January 19, 2012
• "I can't hear you, you're not famous", The Verge, January 19, 2012
• "Slik reagerer fluger i vektlaus tilstand", Forskning [Norway], January 17, 2012
• "I pick my nose seven times a day. You?"' DongaScience [Korea], January 15, 2012
• "¿Cuánto tardas en morir si te cortan la cabeza?", Blodico [Spain], January 15, 2012
• "On fait léviter des mouches pour étudier les effets de l'impesanteur", Futura-Sciences [France], January 13, 2012
• "Recherche: Quand les chercheurs se lâchent…", Actusoins [France], January 13, 2012
• "10 Alternative Uses for a Bra", College Candy, January 10, 2012
• "Tuhaf bilim: 2011'in IG Nobel ödülleri...", CNN [Turkey], January 8, 2012
• "Sale a la venta brassiere que se vuelve mascara antigás", Correo [Peru], January 8, 2012
• "Bra that doubles as a gas mask and won the Ig Nobel Prize is now on sale", It Makes Sense, January 8, 2012
• "Understatement of the Week", UPI, January 8, 2012
• "Algunas cosas que la ciencia enseñó sobre el sexo en 2011", La Nacion [Paraguay], January 7, 2012
• "Nh?ng nghiên c?u k? c?c nh?t n?m 2012", XaLuan [Vietnam], January 7, 2012
• "Bra doubles as gas mask wins Ig Nobel Prize, on sale NOW!" The Whole Pretty, January 7, 2012
• "Yes! The end of the world is nigh. . . again", Independent, January 7, 2012
• "Wasabi Odor Fire Alarm Wins Ig Nobel Prize for Chemistry", Japan FS, January 5, 2012
• "Beetles Boink Bottles?" Society of Women Engineers —NESS, January 4, 2012
• "Psicopatas bocejam como tartarugas?" Psiquiatra e Sociedade [Brazil], January 4, 2012
• "The secret formula for silly science", Cosmic Log, January 4, 2012
• "2012 Weird Science Awards", Cosmic Log, January 4, 2012
• "The IgNobel Prize", Lunch With Monika, January 3, 2012
• "Geometry and Physics of Wrinkling—E. Cerda and L. Mahadevan," Paper del Dia [Spain], January 3, 2012

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