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3 days ago

The Ig Nobel awards are moving to Europe after 35 years: It has become unsafe for our guests to visit the US'

The Ig Nobel Prizes, celebrating unusual scientific research through humor, are relocating from the United States to Switzerland for the first time in their 36-year history due to safety concerns.
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fromWIRED
5 months ago

Say Hello to the 2025 Ig Nobel Prize Winners

The 2025 Ig Nobel Prizes honored quirky scientific studies that blend humor with valid research, including cow zebra-striping to deter flies and other odd experiments.
fromwww.nature.com
5 months ago

Tipsy Bats and Perfect Pasta Win Ig Nobel Prizes for Weird Science Research

Highlights of this year's Ig Nobel recipients include a nutrition prize for studying the preferred pizza toppings of rainbow lizards at a seaside resort in Togo (their favourite is four cheese), and a physics award for figuring out how to prepare the perfect cacio e pepe a pasta dish made with grated pecorino romano cheese and black pepper that is surprisingly hard to get right (see The 2025 Ig Nobel prizewinners in full').
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fromNature
5 months ago

Tipsy bats and perfect pasta: Ig Nobels celebrate 'improbable' research

Ig Nobel prizes honor humorous, creative scientific studies that provoke laughter and thought by investigating unconventional everyday phenomena.
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fromArs Technica
5 months ago

Meet the 2025 Ig Nobel Prize winners

Ig Nobel Prizes celebrate unconventional research that combines humor and genuine scientific insight through a lively, theatrical annual ceremony and public talks.
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