News about the Ig Nobel Prizes — honoring achievements that make people LAUGH, then THINK.
Chemistry World magazine today published a new appreciation, written by Frances Briggs, of William Lipscomb. It begins with this headline and subhead: “Fifty years after he won the Nobel, Lipscomb’s insights into boranes continue to pay dividends — From fundamental bonding theory to practical applications, William Lipscomb’s influence can still be felt across chemistry”. The […]
“Florida’s proposal to remove school vaccine mandates arrives at a moment when measles vaccination coverage in the state has fallen below the level needed to prevent sustained outbreaks. Using a mathematical model, we show that repealing the mandate could trigger the largest measles epidemic in the United States in nearly half a century, with projected […]
Please join us for BOST-Ig, AN IG NOBEL CELEBRATION IN CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, USA — Thursday, September 24, 2026, at the Swiss Consulate, Swissnex, 420 Broadway, Cambridge, 6:00-7:00 pm, then light refreshments (doors open 5:30). WHAT: A celebration of the new Ig Nobel Prize winners, who received their prizes on September 3 in Zurich, Switzerland. at the […]
This Sunday, September 20, 2026, the Miraikan science museum in Tokyo will host, for the fourth consecutive year, a special Ig Nobel Face-to-Face event. Four Ig Nobel Prize winners and a Nobel laureate will ask each other about their work… and answer questions from the audience. Paper airplanes will fill the air. Kiyoshi Furusawa will […]