Here is the Ig Informal Lecture by the winners of the 2020 Ig Nobel Economics Prize. The Ig Nobel Prizes honor achievements that make people LAUGH, then THINK. In the Ig Informal Lectures, some days after the ceremony, the new Ig Nobel Prize winners attempt to explain what they did, and why they did it. […]
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“National Income Inequality Predicts Cultural Variation in Mouth to Mouth Kissing”
A new study marries, so to speak, economics and kissing. The study is: “National Income Inequality Predicts Cultural Variation in Mouth to Mouth Kissing,” Christopher D. Watkins, Juan David Leongómez, Jeanne Bovet, Agnieszka Żelaźniewicz, Max Korbmacher, Marco Antônio Corrêa Varella, Ana Maria Fernandez, Danielle Wagstaff, and Samuela Bolgan, Scientific Reports, vol. 9, article no. 6698 […]
Bacteria Exchanged Via Osculation
What bacteria are exchanged when two people kiss? That question is addressed in studies that are profiled in the special kissing issue of the Annals of Improbable Research. One of those studies was honored with an Ig Nobel Prize last year.
Are There Societies Where Lovers Do Not Kiss?
Are There Societies Where Lovers Do Not Kiss? Is any society devoid of osculation? Those questions are addressed in a study that’s profiled in the special kissing issue of the Annals of Improbable Research.