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Special Issue: Ig Nobel
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Special Section: Ig Nobel
The 35th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony*
The 2025 Ig Nobel Prize Winners*
The Acceptance Speeches*
The 2024 24/7 Lectures*
Libretto: “The Plight of the Gastoenterologist”
Improbable Research Reviews*
May We Recommend: Boring Bivalves*
Improbable Research Review: Ant vs. Human Puzzlers, Toe Confusion, Smell Maps*
Medical Research: Human Rotation, Stink Training*
Ig Nobel Illustrated: Swallowed Shrew, Solid/Liquid Cats*
Ig® and Beyond: Dung Beetles Straight Lines, Music from Rocks*
Ig Nobel Limericks: Ig Nobel Limericks: Audience Breath, Discarded Chewing Gum*
News & Notes
AIR Vents: Finance and Folklore and Pots
AIR books
Teachers’ Guide
Spot-the-Typos Contest
Unclassified Ads
Back Issues
On the Front Cover
The Ig Nobel Biology Prize winners receive the prize from Nobel laureate Eric Maskin. Photo: Mike Benveniste.
Some Coming Events
November 12, 2025 — Monell Center, Philadelphia, USA
November 28, 2025 — “Science Friday”, Ig Nobel radio broadcast
December 9-10, 2025 — Paris, France
December 12, 2025 — Perugia, Italy
January 10, 2026 — Ig Nobel Face-to-Face, Tokyo, Japan
January 2026 — Arisia, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
February 13, 2026 — AAAS Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, USA
March/April, 2026 — Ig Nobel EuroTour
Northern Hemisphere Autumn — The 36th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony