Marc Abrahams writes about things that are surprising. He created the Ig Nobel prize ceremony, the magazine Annals of Improbable Research, books, videos, podcasts, theatrical events and the ...

Master of Ceremonies Marc Abrahams addresses the audience during a pre-pandemic Ig Nobel Prize ceremony. Rick Friedman/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption ...

In the words of Marc Abrahams, editor of the Annals of Improbable Research and awards ceremony ringleader, “It’s not about good or bad. If you win an Ignobel Prize, it means you’ve done something that ...

By Marc Abrahams. Ten unexpected things were honoured at the 34th Annual Ig Nobel prizes today, each so extremely surprising that, in the event’s long tradition, it makes people laugh, then think.

On Thursday night, Abrahams stood before a packed audience in one of MIT’s largest lecture halls. “We honor some remarkable individuals and groups,” he said.

MARC ABRAHAMS: We honor some remarkable individuals and groups. Every Ig Nobel Prize winner has done something that first makes people laugh and then makes them think.

Marc Abrahams writes about things that are surprising. He created the Ig Nobel prize ceremony, the magazine Annals of Improbable Research, books, videos, podcasts, theatrical events and the ...

It was the quirky aspects of science that researchers celebrated at this year’s Ig Nobel award ceremony at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass. Actual Nobel laureates ...

Master of Ceremonies Marc Abrahams addresses the audience during a pre-pandemic Ig Nobel Prize ceremony. ... Abrahams stood before a packed audience in one of MIT’s largest lecture halls.