[Hilarious Science: Gallery of the 2012 Ig Nobel Prize Winners] The infamous award ceremony will be webcast live on LiveScience; this year, we will also feature a behind-the-scenes webcast showing ...

To the surprise of many seasoned prize-watchers, the Ig Nobel Board of Governors (“a shadowy organization,” according to its coordinator, Marc A. Abrahams) elected to split the award between ...

I’m bored’ until the speaker does so. The Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony 2018 will take place on Thursday, September 13 at 6pm ET. The awards ceremony will be conducted at the Sanders Theatre ...

But thanks to the efforts of the research teams awarded the IG Nobel Prize on ... had bad record-keeping. The awards – which have no affiliation to the Nobel Prizes – aim to “celebrate ...

Abrahams closed the award ceremony with these words: “If you didn’t win an Ig Nobel Prize tonight — and especially if you did — better luck next year.” ...

Scientists who studied inebriated worms, a dead trout’s swimming acumen, and pigeons as potential missile pilots were among those who garnered awards at the 34th Ig Nobel Prize ceremony.

A scientist who likes to lick rocks, researchers who reanimated dead spiders, and the inventor of a smart toilet garnered awards at the 33rd Ig Nobel Prize ceremony. The humorous honors ...

The research team, led by Ryo Okabe and Takanori Takebe, took home the so-called Ig Nobel ... annual ceremony — which is not affiliated with the actual Nobel Prize — scientists win awards ...