The 2026 Ig Nobel Prize winners were introduced at the 36th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony, in Zurich, Switzerland, on Thursday evening, September 3, 2026.
A Book of Odd Showers
Odd Showers, a book published in 1870 in London, is explicitly [the book itself says] “intended chiefly for young persons.” Non-young persons are not explicitly prohibited from reading the book.
First He Won an Ig Nobel Prize, Then He Won a Trumpler Award
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 while carrying a cup of coffee. [His research on that was published in study called […]
IG NOBEL FACE-to-FACE — TODAY, Friday, September 4, 2026, 2:00 pm.
The Ig Nobel Face-to-Face event in Zurich happens today. You are invited. The new Ig Nobel Prize winners will ask each other questions about their work. WHERE: Hörsaal Universität Zürich, Rämistrasse 71, Zürich. The room is known as “the Gummy Bear Room”. WHEN: Friday, September 4, 2026, 2:00 pm. The Face-to-Face event is free. Seating […]