This is the conclusion of research that has won this year's Ig Nobel Prize for Medicine ... began several years ago when one of Prof David Wartinger's patients at Michigan State University's ...

Ten unexpected things were honoured at the 34th Annual Ig Nobel prizes last week, each so extremely surprising that, in the ...

Here's a full list of the 2020 Ig Nobel winners. Each winning team was ... Economics: Christopher Watkins, Juan David Leongómez, Jeanne Bovet, Agnieszka Żelaźniewicz, Max Korbmacher, Marco ...

The event was held on September 12, a month before the real Nobel Prizes. Here are the 10 winners of the 34th edition of the Ig Nobels. Voice 1: The physiology prize went to Japanese and US ...

Narcissist eyebrows, insect researchers with a fear of spiders and an alligator inhaling helium were among the topics of scientific studies honoured with awards in this year's Ig Nobel Prizes on ...

Every year, the Journal of Improbable Research issues its prizes for the craziest (published) scientific research: the Ig Nobel Prize. The ceremony took place a couple nights ago, and if you want ...

Dr Karl on accepting his Ig Nobel Prize, 2002 My Ig Nobel Prize was physically handed to me by genuine Nobel Laureates Dudley Herschbach (Chemistry '86), Richard Roberts (Physiology or Medicine ...

As the leader of the Japanese team that won the engineering prize of this year's Ig Nobel Prize, Gen Matsuzaki hasn't quite come to grips with the honor, which is a parody of the Nobel prizes.

Not to be confused with the actual Nobel prizes, the Ig Nobels recognise scientific discoveries that “make people laugh, then ...

A group of Japanese and American scientists has won this year's Ig Nobel Prize in physiology for discovering that many mammals are capable of breathing through their butt. While their discovery ...

Electrified chopsticks that change the taste of food extended the winning streak of Japanese researchers for a satiric Ig Nobel Prize to 17 straight years. Hiromi Nakamura, a project associate ...