Archive · 22 Sep 2025
Ig Nobel Prizes Awarded for Unusual Scientific Research
The Ig Nobel Prizes are awards given to scientists for research that makes people laugh, then think.
This year's ceremony was held in Boston.
Scientists study unusual topics like whether zebra stripes help cows avoid fly bites and what pizza toppings lizards like.
The awards are meant to celebrate creativity and curiosity in science, even when the topics are a bit odd.
The goal is to encourage people to explore the strange and wonderful things in the world.
The Ig Nobel Prize awards ceremony took place in Boston.
The awards are organized by the magazine Annals of Improbable Research.
Scientists were honored for unusual research topics.
Research topics included cow stripes and lizard pizza preferences.
The prizes celebrate creative and unusual scientific inquiry.
- Who
- Organizers from the magazine Annals of Improbable Research
- What
- The Ig Nobel Prize awards ceremony
- When
- Thursday
- Where
- Boston
- Why
- To honor unusual scientific research
- Event
- Ig Nobel Prize Awards Ceremony
- Location
- Boston
- Organization
- Annals of Improbable Research