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Counting nose hairs and licking rocks: Here are some highlights from the 33rd First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony, held virtually this year.

A dead insect repurposed as a gripper recently won an Ig Nobel. It’s not about what it can lift. It could help reframe the search for new materials in robotics.

The winners of the tongue-in-cheek Ig Nobel prizes for this year include the developers of robot zombie spiders, a smart toilet, research into rock licking and an analysis of nose hair numbers.

Two Japanese scientists have won the Ig Nobel Nutrition prize for their study on how electric currents in utensils such as straws can change the perception of taste. Homei Miyashita, 47, a professor at Meiji University, and Hiromi Nakamura, 37, a project associate professor at&#x...

Scientists were given top "honors" for counting nose hair and studying anchovies' sexual activity at this year's IG Nobel Prizes, a parody of the Nobel Prize.

Two Japanese scientists win the Ig Nobel Nutrition prize for their study on how electric currents in utensils such as straws can change the perception of taste.

The annual awards for quirky scientific research were given out this week, and as usual, they blended the bizarre, humorous, and unexpectedly insightful.

The 33rd annual Ig Nobel Prizes in improbable research that make people “LAUGH, then THINK,” according to its website, were revealed this week. The awards are produced by the Annals of Improbable Research magazine.

Electric chopsticks and ‘jamais vu’ studies also scoop awards recognising research that makes people ‘laugh, then think’