The 2025 Nobel Prizes will be announced in early October. But if you’re like me, a science aficionado with an insatiable desire for ridiculous, intelligent research, yesterday’s parody of the prestigious prize may be of more interest. I am talking, of course, about the 35th Ig Nobel Prizes—an annual ceremony highlighting the weirdest research across all scientific disciplines.

As always, the 10 prizes were selected by the Annals of Improbable Research magazine and presented by “a gaggle of bemused Nobel laureates,” according to the magazine . Despite the event’s overall playful, humorous tone, there was no doubt that every winner conducted rigorous, remarkable research worthy of respect and appreciation. If you have the time, here’s the entire livestream of the ceremony on Imp

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