Scientists Studying Cockroach Milk and Nose-Blowing Win Ig Nobel Prizes for Quirky Science
Ten research teams won satirical science prizes as organizers moved the ceremony to Europe over visa concerns.
- On Thursday, ten research teams received Ig Nobel prizes at a ceremony in Zurich, Switzerland, marking the event's first time hosted outside the United States due to travel concerns.
- The Annals of Improbable Research shifted the annual event to Europe after 35 years in the United States, driven by concerns that attendees faced difficulties obtaining visas.
- Honorees included Matilda Brindle and Stuart West of the University of Oxford and Catherine Talbot of the Florida Institute of Technology, who reconstructed kissing's evolutionary history, alongside teams studying cockroach milk and soil decomposition.
- Master of ceremonies Marc Abrahams told The Associated Press that "During the past year, it has become unsafe for our guests to visit the country," with no immediate plans to return to the U.S.
- Organizers plan to alternate future ceremonies between Zurich and other European countries, with the 2027 ceremony confirmed for the Belgian city of Antwerp.
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Scientists studying cockroach milk and nose-blowing win Ig Nobel prize
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Scientists studying cockroach milk and nose-blowing win Ig Nobel prizes for quirky science
Researchers have been honored for their quirky, imaginative contributions to science at the 36th annual Ig Nobel Prizes.
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