Primatologist whose studies showed that non-human apes can behave with compassion, cooperation and cunning
February 2024
Wet skin could save lives when lightning strikes, study finds
3D models of human head experience less damage when subjected to lightning strike simulation
November 2023
Experience
Experience: I invented the lickable TV
My creation was well received – the BBC described it as ‘netlicks’
September 2023
Reanimated spiders and smart toilets triumph at Ig Nobel prizes
Electric chopsticks and ‘jamais vu’ studies also scoop awards recognising research that makes people ‘laugh, then think’
September 2021
The Guardian view on unorthodox thinking: science would not get far without it
Editorial: The Ig Nobels are a reminder that Jonathan Swift was wrong about reason. Without research driven by curiosity, there would be far fewer breakthroughs
Upside-down rhinos and nose-clearing orgasms: 2021's Ig Nobel winners announced – video
Science's alternative award ceremony recognises the more unusual realms of research
Upside down rhinos and nose-clearing orgasm studies win Ig Nobel prize
Research from the more unusual realms of science is recognised every year at this alternative awards ceremony
September 2020
Frozen poo and narcissists' eyebrows studies win Ig Nobel prizes
Gongs also awarded for research into vibrating earthworms, French kissing and bellowing alligators
September 2019
Brief letters
Let’s help Paxman tackle the litter louts
Study of French postmen's testicles is an Ig Nobel winner
September 2018
Voodoo doll and cannibalism studies triumph at Ig Nobels
Self-colonoscopies, useless instruction manuals, and kidney stones on rollercoasters also among subjects awarded
September 2017
Solid and liquid cats, didgeridoos and cheese disgust scoop Ig Nobel awards
Scientists from around the globe gathered for annual ceremony celebrating research that ‘first makes you laugh, then makes you think’
September 2016
Ig Nobel prizes: trousers for rats and the truthfulness of liars
Nobel winning scientists gather for 26th straight year to award the most absurd, strange and curious research of the year
September 2015
'Universal law of urination' among Ig Nobel award winners – video
2015 Ig Nobel prizes: dinosaur-like chickens and bee-stings to the penis
September 2014
Science Weekly
The science of The Simpsons – podcast
Ig Nobels: British researchers take coveted science humour prize
September 2013
Brain flapping
Ig Nobels 2013: from attaching penises to stargazing beetles
Dean Burnett: The Ig Nobels again celebrate the more bizarre elements of serious science
Ig Nobel prize for discovery that opera is good for a mouse's heart
The Ig Nobels also recognised work on dung beetle navigation, walking on water, and predicting when cows will sit down
Notes & Theories
Ig Nobel Prizes: watch a livestream of tonight's ceremony
Enjoy one of the highlights of the scientific year – the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony at Harvard University
