Scientists studying cockroach milk and nose-blowing win Ig Nobel prizes for quirky science
- 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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The Nobel Prize parody, the Nobel Igs, was awarded at the beginning of September in Zurich, Switzerland. And these unusual innovations are still the result of real scientific research. The urinals anti-splatters or the briefs to test soil pollution have been distinguished. (Conso and trends).
The 2026 Schnobel Prize was awarded research into the theft of candy, snotting, and 3D seals using mosquitoes.
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