In a conversation from 2022, Dr. Carolyn Bertozzi discusses bioorthogonal chemistry, which could have applications in ...

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 ...

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 ...

It marked the 16th consecutive year for a Japanese to win an Ig Nobel Prize. Matsuzaki said that his study was not intended to make people laugh, which is the concept of the light-hearted Ig Nobel ...

An experiment that hung rhinoceroses upside down to see what effect it had on the animals has been awarded one of this year's Ig Nobel prizes. Other recipients included teams that studied the ...

Unlike its Nobel namesake, an Ig Nobel prize is not always coveted by scientists. But receiving one of the the satirical awards — which honour work that “makes people laugh, then think ...

Actual Nobel laureates presented the prizes to the ten IG Nobel winners who all won a now obsolete Zimbabwean ten ...

It was a serious piece of research but its slightly comedic aspects have just won the team an Ig Nobel Prize. Ten such awards were handed out on Thursday by the science humour magazine Annals of ...