I emcee the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony. Occasionally, people ask, “Do you have a top hat and a lion whip to keep the circus in order?” to which my answers are: 1) Yes, I do have a top hat ...

Eleanor Maguire wasn’t too thrilled when she was first offered an Ig Nobel Prize. The neuroscientist at University College London was being honoured for her study showing that London taxi ...

A team of Japanese scientists were honored with the Ig Nobel Prize in physiology on Thursday for their groundbreaking discovery that mammals, including humans, can absorb oxygen through their rectums.

Lead researcher Frantisek Bartos told AFP the team was excited to become Ig Nobel laureates. “Although it’s a ‘parody’ prize, it is very nice to have your research highlighted,” he said.

The research team, led by Ryo Okabe and Takanori Takebe, took home the so-called Ig Nobel Prize in physiology for revealing that animals such as mice, rats and pigs can absorb oxygen into their ...

The world still holds many unanswered questions. But thanks to the efforts of the research teams awarded the IG Nobel Prize on Thursday, some of these questions – which you might not even have ...

Sept. 13 (UPI) --The Journal of Improbable Research announced this year's Ig Nobel Prize winners, including a team who researched mammals that breathe through their butts. The 34th First Annual Ig ...

In a stark demonstration of how award-winning breakthroughs can come from the most unlikely directions, researchers have won an Ig Nobel prize for discovering that mammals can breathe through their ...

Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong. That’s Murphy’s Law. It was also the theme of the 34th Ig Nobel Prizes, the annual ceremony which awards all kinds of wacky research from across the ...

Sept. 13 (UPI) --The Journal of Improbable Research announced this year's Ig Nobel Prize winners, including a team who researched mammals that breathe through their butts. The 34th First Annual Ig ...

Research showing that pigeons can be used to guide missiles was awarded one of this year's Ig Nobel prizes - Copyright AFP FRANCO FAFASULI, Maribel FORNEROD Research ...

Annual Ig Nobel awards presented by genuine Nobel laureates celebrate quirky scientific research that makes people think. The 10 prizes cover a range of topics including anatomy, physiology ...