Scientists studying cockroach milk and nose-blowing win Ig Nobel prizes for quirky science
Ten teams were honored for studies on kissing, cockroach milk and underwear burial, and organizers said the awards moved to Europe over visa concerns.
- Ten research teams were honored at the 36th annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony, celebrating eccentric and imaginative scientific research that "makes people laugh, then think".
- For the first time in its 35-year history, the event was hosted outside the United States, moving to Zurich, Switzerland, due to visa concerns for international attendees.
- High-Profile winners included an international team awarded the Chemistry Prize for discovering that nutrient crystals in cockroach milk contain over three times the energy of cow's milk, as well as a study analyzing the mechanics of nose-blowing.
- Other awarded projects featured researchers who reconstructed the evolutionary history of kissing and an environmental study that buried 1,000 pairs of underwear across 25 countries to measure soil health via decomposition rates.
- Organized by the Annals of Improbable Research, the ceremony maintained traditions like paper-airplane throwing and announced plans to host the 2027 event in Antwerp, Belgium.
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Ig Nobel prizes go to scientists studying cockroach milk, nose-blowing, buried underwear, more
Ten research teams were honored at a satirical science awards ceremony that was hosted outside the U.S. for the first time due to travel concerns. A study of cockroach milk was among the winners.
The Ig-Nobel ceremony was held on Thursday, September 3rd in the evening, for the awards of the works with the appearances of lousy but well-scientific aims.
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