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Research that makes people LAUGH, then THINK At the 35th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony Tom Lam of Scientific American interviewed the 2025 Ig Nobel Physics Prize winners, and later tried to use his new knowledge in making the Italian pasta dish called cacio e pepe. This video documents that: ZME Science intervie

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improbable.com > 08/25/2026 > fungi-fungi-fungi-at-this-years-ig-ig-ig

Fungi, Fungi, Fungi, at this year’s Ig, Ig, Ig

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (82+ words) Improbable Research The theme of this year’s Ig Nobel Prize ceremony, on September 3, will be FUNGI. Each year there is a new theme. The theme does not necessarily apply to the new Ig Nobel Prize winners — rather it is a…...

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improbable.com > 08/24/2026 > official-announcement-of-the-official-watch-parties

Official announcement of the Official Watch Parties

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (178+ words) There are still a few tickets available for the 36th Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony, in Zurich, Switzerland. If you can’t make it there, do join one of the eight Official Watch Parties that we – here and now – officially announce and endorse:…...

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improbable.com > 09/09/2026 > slime-molds-and-a-double-ig-nobel-prize-winner-and-a-big-great-science-adventure

Slime Molds and a double Ig Nobel Prize winner and a big, great science adventure

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (219+ words) NHK World recently featured that research, in a video documentary: Since winning those two Ig Nobel Prizes, Toshi Nakagaki has often assisted the Ig Nobel Board of Governors in finding and making first contact in offering Ig Nobel Prizes to…...

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improbable.com > 09/07/2026 > first-he-won-an-ig-nobel-prize-then-he-won-a-trumpler-award

First He Won an Ig Nobel Prize, Then He Won a Trumpler Award

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (185+ words) Improbable Research Jesse Han is becoming good at winning unusual awards. In 2017 he traveled to Harvard University, to receive the 2017 Ig Nobel Fluid Dynamics Prize, for studying the dynamics of liquid-sloshing, to learn what happens when a person walks backwards…...

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