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Without further ado, here are the winners of the 2025 Ig Nobel prizes.

Hidden in plain sight near Fort Meade, the National Cryptologic Museum in Annapolis Junction serves up mind-bending mysteries and jaw-dropping espionage artifacts that will transform how you think ...

Japanese chef, Menja Sugure, carefully lifted bowl after bowl of steaming ramen swimming in a spicy broth, into the serving window at KC Craft Ramen, a local Kansas restaurant packed with diners from ...

Japan’s central bank has kept its key interest rate unchanged at 0.5%, in a decision that was widely expected, given recent inflation trends that have stayed above target. The Bank of Japan ...

TOKYO – The government plans to support the development of a domestic artificial intelligence model, based on Japanese data and technology, in a bid to avoid reliance on AI from the United States and ...

A researcher who studied fingernail growth and a group that explored whether painting zebra-like stripes on cows reduced fly ...

Established in 1991, the Ig Nobels are a good-natured parody of the Nobel Prizes; they honor "achievements that first make people laugh and then make them think." The unapologetically campy awards ...

If you're dining at a Japanese restaurant, you might want to know some key words and phrases. Immersing yourself in the ...

Brendan Fraser is in a new movie, "Rental Family," and he recently opened up about having to learn Japanese for the role.

Actor Brendan Fraser showed his commitment to acting by learning to speak Japanese to give a more authentic performance in ...

Fraser returns in his first lead role since his Oscar win in 'Rental Family,' which premiered at the Toronto International ...