The 34th Ig Nobel prizes, themed around Murphy's Law, were announced Thursday and featured the typical array of atypical, ...

Viewers can tune in for the usual 24/7 lectures, as well as the premiere of a "non-opera" featuring various songs about water ...

The world still holds many unanswered questions. But thanks to the efforts of the research teams awarded the IG Nobel Prize ...

Mammals that can breathe through their backsides, homing pigeons that can guide missiles and sober worms that outpace drunk ...

No Nobel Prize can make up for the trauma suffered by Palestinian journalists. To honour their sacrifice, a ceasefire is ...

Ig Nobel awards celebrates a slew of bizarre research that makes you laugh, and then makes you think. These are some of this year's winners.

Professor Ben Feringa of the University of Groningen, along with two colleagues, won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for ...

Research on 'blue zones' and the intricacies of coin flipping also scoop awards for studies that make people ‘laugh, then ...

There are few directors out there with the clout Hayao Miyazaki commands. For decades now, the artist has been a force in the ...

Mother Teresa, who was born in North Macedonia's capital city, Skopje, on August 26, 1910, is known for effortlessly serving ...

Scientists who studied inebriated worms, a dead trout’s swimming acumen, and pigeons as potential missile pilots were among ...

Make your paper airplane, grab a comfortable seat and get ready to laugh, and then think, while we introduce the 34th First ...