All IgNobels articles
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NewsWork on why scientists seem to enjoy licking rocks scoops chemistry Ig Nobel
Necrobotics, defecation analysis and boring lectures among other topics honoured in spoof annual award ceremony
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NewsIg Nobel for chemists who analysed the smell of cinema audiences
Meowsic, nose-unblocking orgasms and colliding pedestrians among other research topics recognised in annual award ceremony
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NewsIg Nobels feature knives created from human poo and vibrating worms
2020 Ig Nobel prizes went to teams that proved knives made of faeces fail, vibrating worms are interesting and hating chewing noises is a disorder
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OpinionDavid Hu: ‘People ask me the strangest questions’
The fluid dynamicist on playing chess, bringing science to the public, and the beauty in everyday life
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NewsWork on how much saliva a five-year-old makes wins chemistry Ig Nobel
This year’s Ig Nobels reward research on spit, scrotums and cockroaches, among other things
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NewsArt conservation using saliva wins chemistry Ig Nobel
Prizes given for research that first makes you laugh and then make you think reward some more unlikely discoveries
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NewsLiquid cats triumph at Ig Nobels
Papers on cats, vampire bats, digeridoos and cheese disgust all won at science’s most irreverent ceremony
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NewsVolkswagen an unexpected chemistry winner at IgNobels
Car giant receives satirical award for solving nitrogen oxide emissions pollution