Video of the Ig Nobel shows at Lund University and at EPFL

Video of two shows on the 2026 Ig Nobel EuroTour:

Lund University

Lund University, in Lund, Sweden, with

  • Minna Lyons (2014 Ig Nobel Prize winner, for amassing evidence that people who habitually stay up late are, on average, more self-admiring, more manipulative, and more psychopathic than people who habitually arise early in the morning.)
  • Marie Dacke and Eric Warrant (2013 Ig Nobel Prize winners jointly in Biology and Astronomy, for discovering that when dung beetles get lost, they can navigate their way home by looking at the Milky Way.)
  • Kees Moeliker (2003 Ig Nobel Biology Prize winner for documenting homosexual necrophilia in the mallard duck)
  • 24/7 Lectures by Kajsa Gullberg, Cedrick Dicko, and Kiki Lindell Tersmeden
  • and eversomuchmore

 

EPFL

EPFL, in Lausanne, Switzerland, with:

  • Mariska Kret (2014 Ig Nobel Applied Cardiology Prize winner for seeking and finding evidence that when new romantic partners meet for the first time, and feel attracted to each other, their heart rates synchronize)
  • Marcin Zajenkowski (2025 Ig Nobel Psychology Prize winner for investigating what happens when you tell narcissists — or anyone else — that they are intelligent.)
  • Chris McManus (2002 Ig Nobel Medicine Prize winner for his excruciatingly balanced report, “Scrotal Asymmetry in Man and in Ancient Sculpture.”)
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