#ignobel — Public Fediverse posts
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For the first time in their history, the #IgNobel Prizes are coming to Europe… and you can experience the official ceremony from Paris!
https://my.weezevent.com/ig-nobel-36th-prize-ceremony-official-watch-party-in-paris
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The Ig Nobel Prize comes from Zürich, Switzerland, this year instead of the US.
Reason starts with with a T.
Sure, like in travel, 😉.
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The Ig Nobel Prize comes from Zürich, Switzerland, this year instead of the US.
Reason starts with with a T.
Sure, like in travel, 😉.
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15-Jul-2026
Speed matters: Successive mating slows #medaka #sperm
Sperm velocity found to drop in Japanese rice fish that #spawn consecutively^^some folks are clearly angling for #ignobel prizes.
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15-Jul-2026
Speed matters: Successive mating slows #medaka #sperm
Sperm velocity found to drop in Japanese rice fish that #spawn consecutively^^some folks are clearly angling for #ignobel prizes.
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I got curious where (outside the US) the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony would be held this year.
Looks like I wondered about this way too late because all the tickets except "Billionaire" tickets are sold out and sold out within a short period of being released in May.
And here I thought I might finally be able to attend in person... (ooh, scratch that. Even if tix were available, the lowest rung is about ~$110).
https://improbable.com/the-36th-first-annual-ig-nobel-prize-ceremony/ #IgNobel
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I got curious where (outside the US) the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony would be held this year.
Looks like I wondered about this way too late because all the tickets except "Billionaire" tickets are sold out and sold out within a short period of being released in May.
And here I thought I might finally be able to attend in person... (ooh, scratch that. Even if tix were available, the lowest rung is about ~$110).
https://improbable.com/the-36th-first-annual-ig-nobel-prize-ceremony/ #IgNobel
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This should be right on top of the nominees for this year's #IgNobel 👏🏾🤦🏾♂️
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2849635
Crossposted with @openvibe
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Crap, today is the 30th annual and final Dead Duck Day with @keesmoeliker retiring.
I'd love to attend, but I already committed to going to a concert tonight with a friend, and going from there to the concert would mean that just a single missed connection has me arriving pretty much as the concert starts (might not even be allowed in after the start). It would also involve about 2.5h additionally on public transport, would mean eating on the go as I won't have time for dinner, and that all on a day I'm already tired, just to attend a 20 minute event.
It normally would have been a no-brainer to go, but the timing is very unfortunate; between the concert and this week having been very draining, I just don't think I have the energy to stress about missed connections tonight.If you however are near Rotterdam and don't feel stressed thinking of getting to and from the Museum of Natural History, you can find tickets to the event on their website: https://www.hetnatuurhistorisch.nl/bezoek/activiteiten/activiteit/dead-duck-day-voor-de-laatste-keer-bij-het-museum-5-juni-2026/ For more info also see the site of Improbable Research: https://improbable.com/2026/06/03/dead-duck-day-celebration-friday-june-5/
#DeadDuckDay #ImprobableResearch #IgNobel -
#TIL In the 1950s, #scientists cooled hamsters/rats to near-freezing and used #microwave diathermy to revive them. Not quite “frozen mice in a microwave,” but still a wonderfully weird chapter in cryobiology history. 🐹❄️📡
https://www.nature.com/articles/1731136a0
A research echoed recently by a team from #germany #fau that succeeded in preserving #brain tissue through extreme deep #freezing
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#TIL In the 1950s, #scientists cooled hamsters/rats to near-freezing and used #microwave diathermy to revive them. Not quite “frozen mice in a microwave,” but still a wonderfully weird chapter in cryobiology history. 🐹❄️📡
https://www.nature.com/articles/1731136a0
A research echoed recently by a team from #germany #fau that succeeded in preserving #brain tissue through extreme deep #freezing
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Premi Demografia Ig Nobel 2024 - AUSTRÀLIA, REGNE UNIT
S. J. Newman, per descobrir que moltes persones famoses per tenir vides molt llargues vivien en llocs amb pèssim manteniment d'historials.
- Capellans: registrar naixements confonent dia/mes, o inscriure un fill amb el mateix nom d'un germà gran mort.
- Frau: "oblidar" notificar mort de l'avi per continuar cobrant pensió.
- Sense certificat: regions sense registres fiables.
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hehehehehe. fulfilling a childhood dream now that the #ignobel ceremony is being held outside of the usa. :)
anyone else heading over this year? -
hehehehehe. fulfilling a childhood dream now that the #ignobel ceremony is being held outside of the usa. :)
anyone else heading over this year? -
Premi A la Pau Ig Nobel 2025 - PAÏSOS BAIXOS, REGNE UNIT, ALEMANYA
Fritz Renner, Inge Kersbergen, Matt Field i Jessica Werthmann, per demostrar que beure alcohol de vegades millora la capacitat d'una persona per parlar en una llengua estrangera.
L'estudi va trobar que el consum d'una quantitat baixa d'alcohol (una cervesa de 250ml de 5% per a un home de 70kg) realment millora la capacitat de parlar una llengua estrangera.
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Premi A la Pau Ig Nobel 2025 - PAÏSOS BAIXOS, REGNE UNIT, ALEMANYA
Fritz Renner, Inge Kersbergen, Matt Field i Jessica Werthmann, per demostrar que beure alcohol de vegades millora la capacitat d'una persona per parlar en una llengua estrangera.
L'estudi va trobar que el consum d'una quantitat baixa d'alcohol (una cervesa de 250ml de 5% per a un home de 70kg) realment millora la capacitat de parlar una llengua estrangera.
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La taille du pénis des citoyens corrélée au PIB de leur pays ? La science progresse, parfois… à coups d’études totalement délirantes.
#science #correlations #humour #igNobel
https://www.lesmotsontunsens.com/la-science-des-etudes-a-la-con-un-domaine-de-recherche-tres-serieux/ -
La taille du pénis des citoyens corrélée au PIB de leur pays ? La science progresse, parfois… à coups d’études totalement délirantes.
#science #correlations #humour #igNobel
https://www.lesmotsontunsens.com/la-science-des-etudes-a-la-con-un-domaine-de-recherche-tres-serieux/ -
Yesterday, after a wonderful, hilarious and thought provoking #ignobel show at the #uniessen with experiments from @minkorrekt (by @nicolas_woehrl and Reinhard Remfort), we heard from @MarcAbrahams that the Ig-Nobel prize ceremony will be held in Europe because of the political situation in the USA.
Makes you think.... Another reason to #unplugtrump .
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Yesterday, after a wonderful, hilarious and thought provoking #ignobel show at the #uniessen with experiments from @minkorrekt (by @nicolas_woehrl and Reinhard Remfort), we heard from @MarcAbrahams that the Ig-Nobel prize ceremony will be held in Europe because of the political situation in the USA.
Makes you think.... Another reason to #unplugtrump .
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So all that's needed is a UV light emitting at the 270-280 nm wavelength? Inside out shoes for 2-3 minutes tops? Sounds like the sort of gadget that can cost very little when manufactured at scale, and rechargeable. Brilliant – exactly.
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So all that's needed is a UV light emitting at the 270-280 nm wavelength? Inside out shoes for 2-3 minutes tops? Sounds like the sort of gadget that can cost very little when manufactured at scale, and rechargeable. Brilliant – exactly.
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La cérémonie des prix Ig Nobel déménage à Zürich!
Je suis surexcitée, même si la raison qui motive ce changement est tragique.#science #ignobel 🇨🇭 #suisse
https://improbable.com/2026/03/10/the-ig-nobel-prize-ceremony-is-moving-to-europe-after-35-years-in-the-usa/ -
La cérémonie des prix Ig Nobel déménage à Zürich!
Je suis surexcitée, même si la raison qui motive ce changement est tragique.#science #ignobel 🇨🇭 #suisse
https://improbable.com/2026/03/10/the-ig-nobel-prize-ceremony-is-moving-to-europe-after-35-years-in-the-usa/ -
Researchers from Cornell University have developed what they call "the Corporate Bullshit Receptivity Scale".
More: https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/15/corporate_jargon_research/
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Researchers from Cornell University have developed what they call "the Corporate Bullshit Receptivity Scale".
More: https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/15/corporate_jargon_research/
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Sadly too true: USA has arrested/deported foreign scientists and others recently.
"During the past year, it has become unsafe for our guests to visit the country. We cannot in good conscience ask the new winners, or the international journalists who cover the event, to travel to the USA this year."
https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/11/ig_nobel_prize_leaves_us/
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Wow. Even the #IgNobel prize is fleeing the US right now.
https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/11/ig_nobel_prize_leaves_us/
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Wow. Even the #IgNobel prize is fleeing the US right now.
https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/11/ig_nobel_prize_leaves_us/
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Should be an IgNobel Prize winner. :-)
"In a test of the device, healthy college-age volunteers who wore sensors farted an average of 32 times a day. But that figure varied from a minimum of four flatus daily to a maximum of 59. Eating high fiber gumdrops caused 36 of 38 participants to break wind more often, the researchers found."
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/smart-underwear-human-fart-frequency
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Should be an IgNobel Prize winner. :-)
"In a test of the device, healthy college-age volunteers who wore sensors farted an average of 32 times a day. But that figure varied from a minimum of four flatus daily to a maximum of 59. Eating high fiber gumdrops caused 36 of 38 participants to break wind more often, the researchers found."
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/smart-underwear-human-fart-frequency
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The Ig Nobel prizes are moving to Europe because the US is ‘unsafe’ to visit.
The awards, which celebrate the sillier side of science, have held raucous ceremonies that see the winners showered with paper aeroplanes at universities in Massachusetts since 1991.
The 36th edition will be held in the Swiss city of Zurich on 3 September.
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The Ig Nobel prizes are moving to Europe because the US is ‘unsafe’ to visit.
The awards, which celebrate the sillier side of science, have held raucous ceremonies that see the winners showered with paper aeroplanes at universities in Massachusetts since 1991.
The 36th edition will be held in the Swiss city of Zurich on 3 September.
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The annual Ig Nobels, a satirical award for scientific achievement, are shifting for the first time from the US to Europe due to concerns about attendees getting visas
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/mar/09/ig-nobel-prize-europe
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The annual Ig Nobels, a satirical award for scientific achievement, are shifting for the first time from the US to Europe due to concerns about attendees getting visas
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/mar/09/ig-nobel-prize-europe
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Un candidat pour un prix #IgNobel d'honneur en littérature : Ce professeur de l'université de Besançon reçoit à l'assemblée nationale des mains d'un ancien ministre la prestigieuse "Médaille d’or de philologie" décernée par la société internationale de philologie ... problème cette société et son prix n'ont aucune existence institutionnelle et à part lui personne ne les a jamais rencontré.
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Improbable Research Show, in Phoenix, at the AAAS Meeting, TONIGHT Friday night, Feb 13 #GarlicMilk #SpicelessJalepenos #Bananas #IgNobel #AAASmtg https://improbable.com/2026/02/10/improbable-research-show-in-phoenix-at-the-aaas-meeting/
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Improbable Research Show, in Phoenix, at the AAAS Meeting, TONIGHT Friday night, Feb 13 #GarlicMilk #SpicelessJalepenos #Bananas #IgNobel #AAASmtg https://improbable.com/2026/02/10/improbable-research-show-in-phoenix-at-the-aaas-meeting/
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Reading the first line of the summary, one might have found one of the favorites for the #IgNobel prize 2026 (via @astropierre.com )
"This crossover study examined the acute effects of masturbation-induced orgasm performed 30 min before maximal exercise in well-trained male athletes."
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031938425004044#sec0026
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Improbable Research Show, in Phoenix, at the AAAS Meeting, Friday night, Feb 13 #GarlicMilk #SpicelessJalepenos #Bananas #IgNobel #AAASmtg https://improbable.com/2026/02/10/improbable-research-show-in-phoenix-at-the-aaas-meeting/
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Improbable Research Show, in Phoenix, at the AAAS Meeting, Friday night, Feb 13 #GarlicMilk #SpicelessJalepenos #Bananas #IgNobel #AAASmtg https://improbable.com/2026/02/10/improbable-research-show-in-phoenix-at-the-aaas-meeting/
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New candidate for #IgNobel prize 2026 :
"Developing super-tortillas to address malnutrition in Latin America"
Mexican food scientist Raquel Gómez-Pliego works to improve the nutritional value of foods through microbial fermentation
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New candidate for #IgNobel prize 2026 :
"Developing super-tortillas to address malnutrition in Latin America"
Mexican food scientist Raquel Gómez-Pliego works to improve the nutritional value of foods through microbial fermentation
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A gaggle of cheerful Ig Nobel Prize winners share their research adventures, in public events in Paris (Tuesday & Wednesday, December 9 & 10). Each has done something that makes people LAUGH, then THINK. #IgNobel #Paris https://improbable.com/2025/11/30/ig-nobel-events-in-paris-december-9-and-10/
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A First candidate for #IgNobel prize 2026 ?
"Gravitational Effects of a Small Primordial Black Hole Passing Through the Human Body"
Robert J. Scherrer -
Tickets are now available for BOTH of the Ig Nobel public events in Paris — December 9 and 10 #IgNobel #Paris #ChimieParisTech #EcoleNormaleSupérieure https://improbable.com/2025/11/30/ig-nobel-events-in-paris-december-9-and-10/
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Peak candidate for the #IgNobel 2026:
Here we report “3D necroprinting,” a biohybrid manufacturing technique that repurposes female mosquito proboscides as high-resolution 3D printing nozzles.
