Soon will come the day of the 36th First Annual 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: USA – Cambridge, Massachusetts – hosted by Swissnex; Flanders – Antwerp – […]
TOMORROW (Sept 3, 2026): The Ig Nobel Prize ceremony
TOMORROW, Thursday, September 3, 2026: The 36th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony. and webcast and watch parties.
Without Oddball Science, The World Would Be Too Strange
Almost all scientific discoveries come — directly or indirectly — from things that people at first thought to be strange, weird, crazy, stupid, and/or just plain wrong. This essay looks at a few of the zillions of examples: “Oddball Science: Why Studies of Unusual Evolutionary Phenomena Are Crucial,” Patricia L.R. Brennan, Duncan J. Irschick, Norman […]
Three days until the Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony!
THREE DAYS from now, on Thursday, September 3, 2026: The 36th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony.
Fungi, Fungi, Fungi, at this year’s Ig, Ig, Ig
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 springboard for opera songs and other interstitial parts of the ceremony. The photo you see […]