The 2024 Ig Nobels, Part 1

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The IG Nobel Prizes is an award show that celebrates the DUMBEST research studies from the past year.. And the newest winners were just announced!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

The IG Nobel Prizes is an award show that celebrates the DUMBEST research studies from the past year.. And the newest winners were just announced!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

On today’s episode: An update on one of last year’s Ig Nobel prizes! We go through this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics! All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCES“Butt breathing” might soon be a real medical treatment - Ars Technica Nobel Prizes 2025CREDITS:Writing ... Show More

<p>After much deliberation, the academy (listeners of the podcast) has voted on the best topics from the past year! If this is your first episode, you'll get a sampling of our favorite moments of science and sillyness, and if you're a long time listener, you'll hear some behind t ... Show More

From who historically wins the awards, to how they portray the process of science and collaboration, host Maddie Sofia and NPR science correspondent Nell Greenfieldboyce discuss the many problems with Nobel Prizes in science. Email the show at shortwave@npr.org. See pcm.adswizz.c ... Show More

In our third episode about the silly Ig Nobel prizes, we learn about music playing in a place you wouldn't expect, a clawed machine for changing diapers, and whether or not you'll feel more pain if you're looking at ugly art.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Episode 6: This week in the QI Office Andrew Hunter Murray (@andrewhunterm), James Harkin (@eggshaped), Anna Ptaszynski (@nosuchthing), Molly Oldfield (@mollyoldfield) and special guest Ig Nobel Prizes Founder Marc Abrahams (@marcabrahams) gather round a microphone to share their ... Show More

Brian Cox and Robin Ince discuss some of the more unlikely and odd avenues of research travelled down in the name of science. For example, the British physicist who calculated the optimal way to dunk a biscuit into a cup of tea without it disintegrating too quickly. Or the brain ... Show More

In 1991, the editor of a satirical science journal launched an award for the scientifically ridiculous (and ridiculed), the Ig Nobel Prize. Learn how it all got started and some of the early tech-related prize winners!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.