I emcee the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony. Occasionally, people ask, “Do you have a top hat and a lion whip to keep the circus in order?” to which my answers are: 1) Yes, I do have a top hat ...

Although his research has legitimate scientific value, he said he's thrilled to win an Ig Nobel.

The Ig Nobel Prize draws attention to scientific research that is humorous, but also thought-provoking. Japanese researchers have been among the winners for the past 18 years. The 2024 Ig Nobel ...

Of course, we are not talking about the Nobel Prize, but the Ig Nobel, an annual celebration of the most “improbable” research from around the world – even the serious world of scientific ...

A team of researchers give a light-hearted demonstration of their work which found that many mammals are capable of breathing through their anus, while accepting the 2024 Ig Nobel prize in physiology.

Sept. 13 (UPI) --The Journal of Improbable Research announced this year's Ig Nobel Prize winners, including a team who researched mammals that breathe through their butts. The 34th First Annual Ig ...

An Australian researcher found that many areas that supposedly produce lots of centenarians also produce shoddy record-keeping. By Julia Bergin The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our ...

Scientists who studied inebriated worms, a dead trout’s swimming acumen, and pigeons as potential missile pilots were among those who garnered awards at the 34th Ig Nobel Prize ceremony.

The 33rd annual Ig Nobel Prizes in improbable research that make people “LAUGH, then THINK,” according to its website, were revealed this week. The awards are produced by the Annals of ...

“Imagine that,” he remembers thinking. “It was true!” The Ig Nobel Prize awards ceremony was held in the Sanders Theatre at Harvard University between acts of an opera. The prize he was ...

The Ig Nobel Prize celebrates discoveries and inventions that are unusual and imaginative. Think of it as the younger, more fun sibling of the revered Nobel Prize. Ig Nobel Prize winners are often ...

Running for over 30 years, the Ig Nobel Prizes serve as a good-natured counterpoint to the sometimes stuffy and impenetrable Nobel Prizes. The Ig Nobels are not about ridiculing absurd research ...