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This historic Ig Nobel Favorite Moment video stars Dr. Nakamats, who won an Ig Nobel Nutrition Prize for photographing and retrospectively analyzing every meal he has consumed during a period of 34 years (and counting), and who returned to the ceremony years later to sing his Swan Song accompanied by the Ig Nobel minordomos. The Ig […]

The Ig Nobel Prizes honor achievements that make people LAUGH, then THINK. In 2007, software engineer Doug Zongker was tapped to be a keynote speaker for the 17th First Annual Ig Nobel Ceremony. The theme that year was “chicken”. This is a glimpse from a past ceremony, tune in to see what this year will bring. […]

This historic Ig Nobel Favorite Moment video stars Kiyoshi Furusawa, who helped organize many Ig Nobel Prize events in Japan. The Ig Nobel Prizes honor achievements that make people LAUGH, then THINK. And if you’d like the same thing in Japanese, see below: The 30th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony will be webcast September 17, 2020 at www.improbablecom.wpcomstaging.com. Coordinator, […]

The Ig Nobel Prizes honor achievements that make people LAUGH, then THINK. This Ig Nobel moment takes place at the 2000 First Annual Ig Nobel Ceremony in the heat of a night littered with intelligence debates. What begins humbly ends in uproarious applause as engineer Dean Kamen faces off against three Nobel laureates for the ultimate prize—bragging […]