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Image of blue and red worms navigating across a maze from left to right. The far right depicts a finish line for the worms.
Drunk Worms Wiggle Their Way to an Ig Nobel Win
University of Amsterdam researchers claimed the 2024 Ig Nobel Prize in Chemistry for studying polymers by racing inebriated and sober worms through a chromatography maze.
Drunk Worms Wiggle Their Way to an Ig Nobel Win
Drunk Worms Wiggle Their Way to an Ig Nobel Win

University of Amsterdam researchers claimed the 2024 Ig Nobel Prize in Chemistry for studying polymers by racing inebriated and sober worms through a chromatography maze.

University of Amsterdam researchers claimed the 2024 Ig Nobel Prize in Chemistry for studying polymers by racing inebriated and sober worms through a chromatography maze.

Ig Nobel Prizes

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Constipation’s Effect on Scorpion Sex Garners Biology Ig Nobel
Christie Wilcox, PhD | Sep 16, 2022 | 3 min read
Other winners of this year’s prizes include research on the physics of ducklings and the therapeutic potential of ice cream.
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2021 Ig Nobel Prizes Honor Decongestant Orgasms, Rhino Transport
Lisa Winter | Sep 14, 2021 | 2 min read
A full beard can absorb nearly 40 percent of the shock from a punch to the face, according to one winning study.
Frozen Fecal Knives Honored by 2020 Ig Nobel Prizes
Lisa Winter | Sep 18, 2020 | 2 min read
Other recipients of the award for laugh-worthy achievements experimented with alligators on helium and vibrating worms.
Voodoo Dolls, Roller-Coasters for Kidney Stones Win at Ig Nobels
Ashley Yeager | Sep 14, 2018 | 2 min read
The awards for comical but practical scientific discovery also include cannibalism and self-colonoscopy.
Cave Creature Genitalia, Other Weird Discoveries Net 2017 Ig Nobels
Shawna Williams | Sep 15, 2017 | 2 min read
In one winning paper, scientists describe an insect whose females have evolved a penis-like appendage that penetrates males’ “vaginas.”
Ig Nobels Honor Surprising Science
Ben Andrew Henry | Sep 26, 2016 | 1 min read
Studies on the sex lives of rats and the personality of rocks are among the projects celebrated this year.
Laugh, Then Think: The Ig Nobels
Karen Zusi | Sep 21, 2015 | 2 min read
This year’s awards honor research on bee stings, appendicitis, kissing, and more.
Science with a Sense of Humor
Erin Weeks | Sep 13, 2013 | 1 min read
Researchers who studied stargazing dung beetles, opera-loving mice are among recipients of this year’s Ig Nobel Prizes.
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