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 […]
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Experiments in live-drawing to illustrate science (or other) talks
This photo shows the latest in our series of experiments in which a good artist live-illustrates a lecture. This was at the NEMO science museum in Amsterdam, on April 15, 2025. The show was the concluding event in the 2025 Ig Nobel EuroTour. The photo (taken by NEMO’s ace photographer) shows artist Keira Lee Rice […]
2025 Ig Nobel EuroTour (March 31-April 15)
This year’s Ig Nobel Euro (and Brexitannia) Tour begins a few days from now, with events in Switzerland, the UK, and The Netherlands. It stars many Ig Nobel Prize winners — each has done something so surprising that it makes people LAUGH, then THINK. Here is the schedule: Monday, March 31, 2025, 6:00 pm — […]
Updated Ig Nobel Euro (and Brexitannia) Tour Schedule
Here’s the updated schedule for the 2020 Ig Nobel Euro (and Brexitannia) Tour, running through most of March and April: <https://tinyurl.com/vtp5d5z> Milano postponed We have indefinitely postponed (thanks, Corona virus travel complications!) the events that were planned for Milan, Italy. Extra events in the UK and northern Europe? The schedule now has two slots open […]


