At this year's Ig Nobel award ceremony, celebrated for its quirky science, researchers were honored for work that first makes people laugh, then think.
Felipe Yamashita, an award-winning botanist, presented his unconventional belief that plants can see and understand their environment, despite lacking eyes.
Yamashita's research involved the plant Boquila trifoliolata, which changes leaf shape to mimic other plants, challenging previous scientific assumptions about its adaptations.
This year's ceremony, held in person at MIT, emphasized the joy of scientific inquiry and the value of unconventional research that provokes thought.
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