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Amid a host of scientists in outfits ranging from Speedos to feather boas, the Annals of Improbable Research (AIR) awarded its annual Ig Nobel Awards to the creator of artificial dog testicles, a doctor who photographed every meal he consumed for 34 years and counting, and 8 others...
...disappearing. That means you're not born conservative or left wing anymore." That trend holds true nationally, where membership in both mainstream political parties is in decline. Elections are increasingly won by the party that can mobilize swing voters with no formal party ties. Union membership is also dwindling. IG Metall, the metalworkers' union, has lost around 25% of its members in the past decade. In Duisburg, the last big test came in 1987, when steelmaker Krupp (which has since merged with former rival Thyssen) decided to shut down its plant in the Rheinhausen section of the city. For almost...
...HRSFA is a group of friends that gets to know each other really well,” Lerer said. A social studies concentrator, Lerer fell into the group his freshman fall after attending the Ig Nobel ceremony, a spoof event in Sanders Theater that HRSFA helps sponsor. “Within a week I had pretty much made most of the friends I have now.” His roommate is a fellow HRSFen (the term for members of HRSFA, pronounced “hurs-fen”), and Lerer considers it his primary social group...
Negative ion generators, like the IG 700 Tabletop Generator ($112.95) from costlessappliances.com, might offer relief similar to that provided by sun lamps. One company looks on the bright side of the negative: toolsforwellness.com’s Sun Touch Plus combines a negative ion generator and a light box into one product. Too good to be true? That’s why it costs...
Inoue, who knew nothing about the details of his honor until the ceremony itself, received the Ig Nobel Peace Prize because his invention offered “an entirely new way for people to learn to tolerate each other.” As he spent the afternoon in Sanders Theatre, being interviewed intermittently by Japanese television, he said the award came with more confusion than distinction...