Archives: October2009

• Gas-Mask Bra, Tequila Diamonds Among 2009 Ig Nobels

  Intimate HEPA filters, beer bottles as weapons, and waste reduction via panda poop were among the more unusual scientific advances honored at this year’s Ig Nobel ceremony.

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• Gandhi Honored by Google, Obama, and … Mini-Gandhis

  People around the world are celebrating Mohandas K. Gandhi’s 140th birthday, including children who dressed as him (mustache and all), U.S. President Barack Obama—even Google.

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• WEEK IN PHOTOS: New Dino-Bird, Tsunami, Hubble, More

  See the latest, four-winged evidence that birds are dinosaurs in disguise, the guts of Nero’s rotating dining room, a new Hubble stunner, and more.