Ig Nobel Prize winners will gather on stage to ask each other questions about their work, in the Ig Nobel Face-to-Face event on Thursday, November 6, 2025. It’s part of the Falling Walls Science Summit, Berlin, Germany, on the main stage. Ig Nobel Prizes honor achievements so surprising that they make people LAUGH, then THINK. […]
Scott Carver writes: “I am passing along the latest iteration in the wombat cubed poo story – essentially moving from our previous work on how they make it, now to what they use it for. Enjoy.” That new iteration, a research study, is: “Deriving the functional significance of olfaction in a solitary non‐territorial herbivore: The […]
Some food is flavorful even in its name. Such is the case with the plant called Monstera deliciosa. Its tastiness is no longer the mystery that some people feared it to be. This study explores what makes that taste tasty: “Volatile flavor constituents of Monstera deliciosa,” Terry L. Peppard, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, […]
Here’s video of the Ig Nobel Face-to-Face event that happened at the MIT Museum on September 20, 2025, two days after the 2025 Ig Nobel Prizes were awarded. Ig Nobel Prize winners asked each other questions about their work, and answered questions from the audience. The event consisted of two sessions: Session 1: Marc Abrahams […]