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Today! The Ig Nobel Face-to-Face event

Today the Ig Nobel Face-to-Face event will happen. The new Ig Nobel Prize winners will ask each other quesitons about their work, on SATURDAY afternoon, SEPTEMBER 14, 2024, in three parts, each lasting 30-40 minutes, at the MIT Museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This drawing is by Becky Moon.

One day until the Ig Nobel Face-to-Face Event

Tomorrow the Ig Nobel Face-to-Face event will happen. The new Ig Nobel Prize winners will ask each other quesitons about their work, on SATURDAY afternoon, SEPTEMBER 14, 2024, in three parts, each lasting 30 minutes or so, at the MIT Museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This drawing is by Becky Moon.

Announcing the 2024 Ig Nobel Prize winners

Ten new Ig Nobel Prizes were awarded at the 24th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony, held at the Massachusetts Institute of technology.

Today! The Ig Nobel

Today the 34th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony will happen. Watch the webcast here at improbable.com, today, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2024, beginning at 6:00 pm (US eastern time). This drawing is by Becky Moon.

One day until the Ig Nobel

Tomorrow the 34th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony will happen. Watch the webcast here at improbable.com, on THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2024, beginning at 6:00 pm (US eastern time). This drawing is by Becky Moon.

Two days until the Ig Nobel

Two days from now, the 34th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony will happen. Watch the webcast here at improbable.com, on THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2024, beginning at 6:00 pm (US eastern time). This drawing is by Becky Moon.

Three days until the Ig Nobel Prizes

Three days from now, the 34th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony will happen. Watch the webcast here at improbable.com, on THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2024, beginning at 6:00 pm (US eastern time). This drawing is by Becky Moon.  

Scientists Who Like to Lick Rocks [tribute drawing about a past Ig Nobel Prize winner]

This is another drawing by artist Becky Moon, about her favorite Ig Nobel Prize winners. Moon has been a scholar of the Ig Nobel Prizes since she was a young teenager. This one celebrates Ig Nobel Public Chemistry & Geology Prize that was awarded in the year 2023 to Jan Zalasiewicz, for explaining why many scientists like to lick rocks. That […]

Vacuum cleaner penile injuries, De-cysting, Hamburgers on meat, Kids’ meals, Baboons and statistics

This week’s Feedback column (that I write) in New Scientist magazine has five segments. Here are bits of each of them: Suck it up— Reader Simon Leach responded to Feedback’s call for papers in which The Title Tells You Everything You Need to Know with a cheery “Well, you asked for it!”. The “it” was a copy of […]

Ovulation and Tipping for Lap Dancers [tribute drawing about a past Ig Nobel Prize winner]

This is another drawing by artist Becky Moon, about her favorite Ig Nobel Prize winners. Moon has been a scholar of the Ig Nobel Prizes since she was a young teenager. This one celebrates Ig Nobel Public Economics Prize that was awarded in the year 2008 to Geoffrey Miller, Joshua Tybur and Brent Jordan of the University of New Mexico, USA, […]