2026 Ig Nobel Awards Honor Quirky Research on Urinals and Candy Theft
The 2026 Ig Nobel Prize ceremony celebrated unconventional scientific studies, including research on splash-free urinals, cockroach milk production, and behavioral patterns regarding childhood candy theft. The awards continue their tradition of honoring achievements that first make people laugh and then think.
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We round up this year’s winners at awards for achievements that ‘first make people laugh and then make them think’ It’s that time of year again: a select group of scientists have been summoned to a ceremony to receive coveted prizes, be showered in paper planes, and leave with a 10tn dollar bill, albeit in the form of a phased-out note from Zimbabwe. It is, of course, the annual Ig Nobel awards. Not to be confused with the more prestigious and career-changing Nobel prizes that will be announc...
By Ian Sample Science editor
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