KYOTO--A Japanese researcher for the 15th year in a row was awarded a spoof Ig Nobel Prize for his study of “smartphone zombies.” Unlike the Nobel Prize, the Ig Nobel honors achievements ...

A team of Japanese and American researchers was awarded the satirical Ig Nobel Prize in physiology on Sept. 12 for discovering that mammals can breathe through their anuses. This marks the 18th ...

Japan boasts a deep roster of Ig Nobel Prize winners, fostered by a research culture that embraces unconventional thinkers.

Slip on banana peel, take a tumble: the classic comedy gag! Mabuchi Kiyoshi's serious search for scientific proof of that ...

Where the Nobel Prize recognizes revolutionary moments in science, the Ig Nobel Prize, run by Improbable Research, highlights the silliest research of the year – or as the organizers ...

Image caption, The annual awards are a bit of a jokey version of the slightly more prestigious Nobel Prize The Ig Nobel Prize awards are presented every year by a US science humour magazine.

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 ...

The Ig Nobel Prize is a satirical annual award handed out scientific research that “makes people laugh, and then think”. The award first started in 1991 and is intended to celebrate the ...

A team of researchers have won a coveted Ig Nobel Prize for tossing coins hundreds of thousands of times and proving that coin flips are not 50/50 after all. In sports, coin tosses are often used ...

The Ig Nobel Prize recognizes scientific research that “makes people laugh and then makes them think.” Japanese researchers have consistently been among its recipients since 2007, including a ...

From the effects of playing the didgeridoo on sleep to the best way to carry a coffee cup, the Ig Nobel Prize 2017 ceremony celebrated decidedly absurd research in a decidedly absurd manner. The Ig ...

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 ...