Entomologists Who Are Scared of Spiders: 2020 Ig Informal Lectures

2020 Ig® Informal Lecture: THE ENTOMOLOGY PRIZE "Entomologists Who Are Scared of Spiders" The Ig Nobel Prizes honor achievements that make people LAUGH, then THINK. In the Ig Informal Lectures, some days after the ceremony, the new Ig Nobel Prize winners attempt to explain what they did, and why they did it. The 2020 Ig Nobel Prize for Entomology was awarded to Richard Vetter, for collecting evidence that many entomologists (scientists who study insects) are afraid of spiders, which are not insects. He documented that research, in the study “Arachnophobic Entomologists: When Two More Legs Makes a Big Difference,” Richard S. Vetter, American Entomologist, vol. 59, no. 3, 2013, pp. 168-175. [LINK TO THAT STUDY: https://doi.org/10.1093/ae/59.3.168] Full details at: www.improbable.com www.improbable.com/ig-about/winners/ www.improbable.com/ig-about/the-30th-first-annual-ig-nobel-prize-ceremony/