Educational and Funny Research Honored
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The King of Sweden was not there and the circumstances were a bit short of pompous, but 15 intrepid scientists attained a modicum of fame last week as this year&#39;s winners of coveted Ig Nobel Prizes.
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PITTSBURGH - It was a serious contribution to the electronic lexicon. :-)
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Search Engine Roundtable, the blog of Barry Schwartz, has updated with a much more slick and streamlined design. I&#8217;ve been eagerly awaiting for the day that Barry updates his design as his company, Rusty Brick, puts out some incredible work and his personal blog, CartoonBarry, is top of the shelf in blog functionality. Excellent job Mr. Schwarzt!
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A new book helps adults talk to kids about the birds, the bees and Britneyâs underwear in an age when sexual innuendo and provocative images seem to be everywhere.Â
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New Scholar service promises next level of search engines.
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WASHINGTON - Researchers who found a link between country music and suicide, and a man who patented his combover hairstyle won IgNobel Awards for true, but funny, experiments yesterday.
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A recent behavioral study demonstrated that animals understand and react to the concept of fairness. In the study, monkeys were given unequal rewards for completing equal tasks.
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Journal of unusual research projects and host of famous awards ceremony to offer free issues online.
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Oct. 1, 2004 - A research team that showed herring communicate by farting and the authors of a study on the effect of country music on suicide were among the winners of the 2004 Ig Nobel prize.
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Editors: Shlomo Reifman and Samantha N. Wong Researchers: Joshua Brandt, Fei Mei Chan,  Andrew T. Gillies, Soo Jeong, Edward Knudsen,  Artie Kwok, John Ray and Jody Yen Programmer: Carl Subick
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If a herring asks you to pull his finger, be very afraid. Thatâs one of the lessons derived from this yearâs Ig Nobel awards ceremony, an event that honors offbeat scientific achievements.
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It's not exactly light reading, but there's plenty of good news in a report from the National Academy of Engineering. It's a list of the "Grand Challenges" in engineering this century compiled by an array of experts like the genetics researcher J. Craig Ventner and Google's Larry Page. What's encouraging isn't so much the list [...].
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Recent research is providing new insight into experiences more often left to paranormal explanations.
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Initially skeptical, many scholars have recently applauded the Internet search service's project to digitize some of the world's best library collections.
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Male scientists are good at research because they have higher-than-average levels of the female hormone oestrogen which aids analytical skills, a study on Bath University academics today revealed.
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When it comes to discussing the serious things in life, like being ill, men are likely to joke and laugh their way through it according to new research launched today at the British Pharmaceutical Conference.
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Laughter may have originated in an ancestor common to humans and modern apes, a study suggests.