F. Skinner undertook such experiments. He was awarded, posthumously, this year's Ig Nobel peace prize. Skinner's daughter ...

An innovation to improve safety on the roads for Swedish drivers has won one of this year's Ig Nobel prizes. The moose crash-test dummy was developed by IT engineer Magnus Gens to see how cars ...

Narcissist eyebrows, insect researchers with a fear of spiders and an alligator inhaling helium were among the topics of scientific studies honoured with awards in this year's Ig Nobel Prizes on ...

and this past May they released a spoon that increases the perceived saltiness of food. 06:26 When the spoon is turned on and placed in the mouth, in transmits a weak electrical current through ...

The Ig Nobel Prize recognizes scientific research that “makes people laugh and then makes them think.” Japanese researchers have consistently been among its recipients since 2007, including a ...

A team of Japanese and American researchers was awarded the satirical Ig Nobel Prize in physiology on Sept. 12 for discovering that mammals can breathe through their anuses. This marks the 18th ...

A group of Japanese and American scientists has won this year's Ig Nobel Prize in physiology for discovering that many mammals are capable of breathing through their butt. While their discovery ...

Feedback's nifty, thrifty summary recalls a speech at an Ig Nobel prize ceremony by Yoshiro Nakamatsu. (Nakamatsu, also known ...

原文作者：Catriona Clarke悬浮小蛙、恋尸的鸭子、出租车司机的大脑——“搞笑诺贝尔奖”（Ig Nobel prizes）将聚光灯投向了一些另类作品。本文中，获奖者们谈了谈他们对这些未必想要的“荣誉”作何感想。搞笑诺奖的创始人Marc ...

Electrified chopsticks that change the taste of food extended the winning streak of Japanese researchers for a satiric Ig Nobel Prize to 17 straight years. Hiromi Nakamura, a project associate ...

More than 150 recipients of the Nobel and World Food prizes have released an open letter calling for a dramatic increase in ...