Ig Nobel Show, Imperial College — This resumes the long series of annual events that was interrupted by the pandemic. Marc Abrahams and several Ig Nobel Prize winners talk about the prizes, and answer questions. Featuring:
2023 Literature Prize winner Akira O’Connor (the sensations people feel when they repeat a single word many, many, many, many, many, many, many times)
2023 Physics Prize winners Bieito Fernández, Castro, Miguel Gilcoto, Esperanza Broullón, and Beatriz Mouriño-Carballido (measuring the extent to which ocean-water mixing is affected by the sexual activity of anchovies)
2023 Education Prize winner Wijnand van Tilburg (methodically studying the boredom of teachers and students)
2023 Chemistry & Geology Prize winner Jan Zalasiewicz (explaining why many scientists like to lick rocks)
2014 Ig Nobel Psychology Prize winner Minna Lyons (a newer study: Referee Height Influences Decision Making in British Football Leagues)
