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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 > 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, 1+ 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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improbable.com > 08/20/2026 > the-further-ig-nobel-adventures-of-the-harts

The Further Ig Nobel Adventures of The Harts

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (99+ words) Improbable Research The Harts come to the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony every year, journeying from their home in Florida to be very much a part of things. This year they will make the journey from Florida to Zurich, Switzerland for…...