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 ...

The Ig Nobel Prize, on the other hand ... and a lot of silly hats. The 2023 award winners are now world-class experts that have advanced mankind's knowledge on big questions.

Without further ado, here are the winners of the 2023 Ig Nobel prizes. Chemistry/Geology Prize. Citation: "Jan Zalasiewicz, for explaining why many scientists like to lick rocks." ...

Sept. 18 (UPI) --The winners of the tongue-in-cheek Ig Nobel prizes for this year include the developers of robot zombie spiders, a smart toilet, research into rock licking and an analysis of nose ...

From drunk worms to mammals that breath through their anuses, founder Marc Abrahams on the winners of this year's Ig Nobel prizes, for science that "makes people laugh, then think" ...

During the ceremony, Nobel laureates present Ig Nobel prizes to the winners. Nobellian Al Roth told the team: “I have to say, I had never seen a paper like this before, and I say congratulations ...

Traditionally, the prizes are awarded by genuine Nobel prize winners at an in-person ceremony held at Harvard University. Due to the covid-19 pandemic, however, the awards have been presented ...

Established in 1991, the Ig Nobels are a good-natured parody of the Nobel Prizes; they honor "achievements ... the evening's theme of knowledge. The winners will also give free public talks ...

Research into all of these burning topics and more was honored yesterday at the 2022 Ig Nobel Prize ... Per tradition, actual Nobel laureates handed out the prizes. The winners received a ...

That's the lesson of John Perry, winner of the Ig Nobel Prize for Literature, whose advice on "structured procrastination" was published in the Chronicle for Higher Education in the 1990s.

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 ...