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“Does alcohol enhance one's foreign language fluency? Do West African lizards
have a preferred pizza topping? And can painting cows with zebra stripes help
repel biting flies? These and other unusual research questions were honored
tonight in a virtual ceremony to announce the 2025 recipients of the annual Ig
Nobel Prizes. Yes, it's that time of year again, when the serious and the silly
converge—for science.
Established in 1991, the Ig Nobels are a good-natured parody of the Nobel
Prizes; they honor "achievements that first make people laugh and then make
them think." The unapologetically campy awards ceremony features miniature
operas, scientific demos, and the 24/7 lectures whereby experts must explain
their work twice: once in 24 seconds and the second in just seven words.
Acceptance speeches are limited to 60 seconds. And as the motto implies, the
research being honored might seem ridiculous at first glance, but that doesn't
mean it's devoid of scientific merit. In the weeks following the ceremony, the
winners will also give free public talks, which will be posted on the
Improbable Research website.
Without further ado, here are the winners of the 2025 Ig Nobel prizes.”
Via Christoph S.
Share and enjoy,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
