The 2025 Ig Nobel Prizes: under the microscope

Every October, the greatest honors in science are awarded to researchers whose dedication and genius have brought immeasurable benefits to the world, and every year they are pipped to the post, having their thunder resolutely stolen, by a group of prizes awarded for the most baffling, ridiculous and oddly skewering research out there. Nobel prizes? You’ll have to wait until next week. This… is our roundup of the 2025 Ig Nobel Prizes. Tell me I’m clever Narcissists. Every lab, office, or department has one, and if you can’t spot them, it’s you. Hell, I’m writing for academics. Most likely,...
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