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Tipsy bats and perfect pasta: Ig Nobels celebrate ‘improbable’ research

The annual awards are a celebration of weird but thought-provoking science.
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  1. Chris Simms

    1. Chris Simms is a science writer based in Somerset, UK.

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Many scientists dream of winning a Nobel Prize, an accolade that brings worldwide recognition, prestige and a place in the pantheon of greatness alongside the likes of Albert Einstein, Marie Curie and Francis Crick. Then there are the other awards — the Ig Nobel prizes, which were devised to highlight research that makes people laugh, then think.

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Nature 646, 17-18 (2025)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-03045-0

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