But thanks to the efforts of the research teams awarded the IG Nobel Prize on Thursday ... a target in the middle of the stage. Among those collecting their prizes was a Japanese research team ...

After that, someone came on stage wearing a yellow target on their ... displays an oversized stuffed worm while accepting a shared Ig Nobel Prize in chemistry for working with a team of ...

After that, someone came on stage wearing a yellow target on their ... the actual Nobel Prizes are announced, the 34th annual Ig Nobel prize ceremony at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ...

Lead researcher Frantisek Bartos told AFP the team was excited to become Ig Nobel laureates. "Although it's a 'parody' prize, it is very nice to have ... demonstrated the study by reenacting a race on ...

But thanks to the efforts of the research teams awarded the IG Nobel Prize on Thursday ... safely – at a target in the middle of the stage. Professor Sander Woutersen, right, displays an ...

People in the audience throw paper airplanes toward the stage during a performance at the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass., Thursday ...