Press Clips - 2010

What the press has to say about us

NOTE: Items listed in red letters are especially entertaining or enlightening.
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• "Geniuses without glory: A man who developed Ig Nobel Prize, Marc Abrahams [part 2]", Young Jump [Japan], September 1, 2010
• "Prolific Inventor Dr. Nakamats Is Way Too Cool To Be Human", Geeky Gadgets, August 28, 2010
• "Geniuses without glory: A man who developed Ig Nobel Prize, Marc Abrahams [part 1]", Young Jump [Japan], August 26, 2010
• "When Scientists Get Bored," Jr. Dr., August 24, 2010
• "Prefieren los hombres las mujeres de pechos grandes?", Caffeine, August 23, 2010
• "Improbable TV", Neatorama, August 6, 2010
• "Premios Ig Nobel escolhidos a dedo" [VIDEO], Ping Pong Top [Portugal], July 30, 2010
• "KennisCafe: Oproep - lachwekkend onderzoek", Debalie [The Netherlands], July 21, 2010
• "Holy crap! Scientists create pooping robot," Crave, July 21, 2010
• "Ig Nobel Roadshow 2010", Akademisk Frihet [Norway], July 18, 2010
• "The 2009 Ig Nobel Prize for Public Health", Living the Scientific Life, July 13, 2010
• "They Could Have Been Billionaires: Daisuke Inoue", Minyanville, July 6, 2010
• "'Dr. NakaMats' Film A Quirky, Heartwarming Ride" Central Science, July 1, 2010
• "Snoop Dogg Attempts To Rent Out Country For Video Shoot", Undercover, July 1, 2010
• "Three Miss Worlds and one (rugby) World Cup", Independent, June 26, 2010
• "UP's 'dead' await justice, resurrection on June 30", New Delhi Pioneer, June 26, 2010
• "Decouvrez les Ig Nobels" [AUDIO], Science au soleil, CIBL Radio-Montreal, June 18, 2010
• "L'altra scienza, eppure c'e", Napoli, June 10, 2010
• "It's Dead Duck Day!" Io9, June 5, 2010
• "It's Dead Duck Day!" Geekosystem, June 5, 2010
• "The Invisible Gorilla: Are You Paying Attention to the Wrong Stuff?", Huffington Post, May 24, 2010
• "Tadpoles, eunuchs and testosterone deprivation" [AUDIO], The Science Show [ABC], May 22, 2010
• "The hardest working pill on the market", Edmonton Journal, May 20, 2010
• "Editor sacked as journal introduces peer review", Times Higher Education, May 20, 2010
• "Stiller deserves city support", London Free Press, May 19, 2010
• "First-ever sighting of Jesus in a lung", Io9, May 17, 2010
• "HOT DOCS '10 REVIEW: The Invention of Dr. NakaMats", Toronto J-Film Powow, May 14, 2010
• "If Business is a Horse Race, CEOs are Jockeys: Research Justifies Executive Pay with Data from the Track", RiskMetrics, May 14, 2010
• "Why Invisible Gorillas Matter", Seed, may 12, 2010
• "The Invention of Dr. Nakamats,", BeyondChron, May 11, 2010
• "gaga for science", Cocktail Physics, May 6, 2010
• "Oppdaget den forste homo-nekro-voldtekten", Dagbladdet [Norway], May 4, 2010
• "OMG", Language Log, May 3, 2010
• "Richard Louv and Dr Len Fisher", ABC, April 29, 2010
• "CATEGORY: THE 19th FIRST ANNUAL IG NOBEL PRIZE," Jeopardy!, April 26, 2010
• "Han far folk att skratta at vetenskapen" and "Fler kategorier an Nobelpriset", Dagens Nyheter [Sweden], April 25, 2010
• "It's better than cupping a hand over your face," The Scotsman, April 19, 2010
• "The Ig Nobel Prizes" [VIDEO], The Hour, STV [Scottish TV], April 16, 2010
• "As mais estranhas pesquisas científicas", Infoblogs, April 14, 2010
• "Welcome to Zimbabwe", Prison Planet, April 14, 2010
• "Link of the week; Ignobel", International Science Grid This Week, April 7, 2010
• "Editor digs in over Medical Hypotheses reform", Times Higher Education, April 7, 2010
• "Gadget Watch: Bow-Lingual Translates and Tweets Dog Barks", Pawnation, September 7, 2010
• "Prix Ig Nobel", Mathematiques College [France], April 1, 2010
• "Research Blogs Every Science Student Should Subscribe To", Forensic Science Technician, March 31, 2010
• "How Not-So-Bright Ideas Can Brighten Business Blogs", Gravy Masters, March 31, 2010
• "They Do It Their Way," El Defensor Chieftan, March 24, 2010
• "Laugh and Then Think," Deccan Herald, March 21, 2010
• "The Night the IgNobel Awards Came to London", Ian Visits, March 19, 2010
• "Yes, But Why Do It?" Asia Sentinel, March 16, 2010
• "Sword Swallowing at the University", Smarter Science, March 15, 2010
• "NZ sadly trails behind in field of pointless research", New Zealand Herald, March 13, 2010
• "How-To: Collect whale snot using an RC helicopter", Make, March 12, 2010
• "Happy Science: The Ig Nobel Prizes", Popular Mechanics [Romania], March 12, 2010
• "Ig Nobel Awards Showcase Bra That Doubles as a Gas Mask", About My Area Portsmouth, March 12, 2010
• "Do you know that your underwear might be able to save you" Dundee Courier, March 12, 2010
• "LIFE-SAVING underwear and a flirtatious ostrich", Press Journal, March 12, 2010
• "A Nobel Alternative", Impact Magazine, March 11, 2010
• "Get set for a weekend of science", Press and Journal, March 11, 2010
• "L'energia nelle mani" Medbunker [Italy], March 11, 2010,
• "Ig Nobel tour showcases the bra that doubles as a gas mask", The Guardian, March 9, 2010
• "Our Ig Nobel History: Elevator Music and the Common Cold", San Diego Union-Tribune, March 8, 2010
• "'El Pais' pasa de la ciencia y se alinea a favor de la homeopatia" El Correo [Spain], March 6, 2010
• "Dr. NakaMats: El inventor japones con mas de 3.000 patentes registradas" Fayerwayer [Spain], March 5, 2010,
• "Wenn sich Mathematiker mit verknoteten Haaren beschaftigen" and "Fur Murphys Gesetz Gab es Einen Ig-Nobelpreis fur Ingenieure", Tages Anzeiger [Switzerland], March 3, 2010
• "Dr. NakaMats: Patently Strange: The World's Most Prolific Inventor", Motherboard, March 3, 2010
• "Los 'Nobel' que premian la ciencia insolita", Clarin [Argentina], March 2, 2010
• "Ig Nobel Awards Come to Dundee", University of Dundee, March 1, 2010
• "In Celebration of Sword Swallowing: Open Wide!", AOL News, March 1, 2010
• "6 Nutty and Intriguing Discoveries", Reader's Digest, March 2010
• "Darwin Award e Ig Nobel, si premia la stupidita umana" La Stampa [Italy], February 23, 2010
• "Comics As Teaching: CARTOON INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS" Newsarama, February 23, 2010
• "Ig Nobel research projects just a joke" Press and Journal, February 23, 2010
• "Cuando el Supremo se disfraza de Michael Jackson", El Pais, [Spain], April 22, 2010
• "Andre Geim, ontdekker grafeen, keert terug als hoogleraar," NiuewsBank [The Netherlands], February 17, 2010
• "La ciencia se rie de si misma", Emotools [Spain], February 2010
• "All Hail The Inventor Of Tequila Diamonds And Other Ig Nobel Winners" Chemical Processing, February 16, 2010
• "The Far Side's 'canine decoder' becomes a reality", True/Slant, February 16, 2010
• "Top 10 Geeks from Downunder," Wired, February 16, 2010
• "Ig Nobels ring of truth as well as spoof", San Diego Union-Tribune, February 15, 2010
• "Sin cobertura, en bata y los IG Nobel", El Jueves [Spain], February 15, 2010
• "Basbakan'?nki cahil cesareti", Millyet [Turkey], February 11, 2010
• "Barking up the wrong tree? iPhone's doggy translator application", CNN, February 11, 2010
• "Bowlingual: iPhone app translates what your dog barks, posts it to Twitter", Crunchgear, February 10, 2010
• "Ig-Nobel-Prized Dog Translator BowLingual Finally Hits iPhone In Summer", Asiajin, February 9, 2010
• "Quimico transforma ciencia em piada na internet", Alagoas em Tempo Real [Brazil], February 9, 2010
• "Emasculating hypothetical oddities?", BMJ, February 4, 2010
• "An inventor for our times", Undernews, February 3, 2010
• "Ideas from Fungi", ANA [Greece], February 3, 2010
• "Watercooler stories", UPI, February 3, 2010
• "Cronici Invention of Dr. NakaMats, The", Liternet [Romania], February 2, 2010
• "UW's 'stand-up economist' answers demand for laughs", Seatle Times, February 1, 2010
• "Obvious conclusions from obvious studies -- well, duh!", Sacramento Bee, January 31, 2010
• "Goofy studies: Radiated mice, distracted walking", Dubuque Times Herald, January 23, 2010
• "Quite Interesting facts about Japan", Telegraph, January 22, 2010
• "Cudna naucna otkrica", B92 [Croatia], January 21, 2010
• "Ride the slime mold express!", Science, January 21, 2010
• "Fragwurdiges Studien-Recycling", ORF [Austria], January 19, 2010
• "Antynoble 2009", Uczsie [Poland], January 17, 2010
• "Pijan Pakzad" Dukht, January 17, 2009
• "Ig Nobel Prizes," Gandul [Romania], January 16, 2010
• "Death, taxes and the Ig Nobel Awards", BoingBoing, January 15, 2010
• "Who is not afraid of clowns", Snob [Russia], January 14, 2010
• "Death for Sale", Huffington Post, January 13, 2010
• "Knuckle-cracker wins prize ", NewsOK, January 12, 2010
• "Enigmas magneticos", Critica de la Argentina, January 12, 2010
• "Estudo mostra que vacas anonimas dao menos leite e leva o Ig Nobel", Folha [Brazil], February 10, 2010
• "Nate Cochrane", Proprint, January 8, 2010
• "Doctors with dirty hands", New Scientist, January 6, 2010
• "7 Wacky Research Projects That Won An (Ig) Nobel Prize", CollegeSurfing Insider , January 6, 2010
• "Feature interview with Marc Abrahams, founder of the Ig Nobel Awards" [audio], Radio New Zealand, January 6, 2010
• "Harvard prof receives IIT-M distinguished alumnus award", Times of India, January 5, 2010
• "Dilis Nobel-dij", BORS [Hungary], January 3, 2010
• "Dos premios Nobel", Cruziero do Sul [Barzil], January 3, 2010
• "10 New England Esotericists to Watch in 2010", Blast, January 2, 2010
• "Ig Nobel Awards Roadshow", Akademisk Frihet [Sweden], January 2, 2010
• "2009: Not a vintage year, but we think you'll be amused by its pretensions", Canwest News Service, January 2, 2010
• "El biologia estupida", El Correo [Spain], January 2, 2010
• "Largest Group Of Nobel Laureates To Remove A Sword From Someone's Throat", Universal Record Database, January 2010

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