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

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

The Ig Nobel Prize awards some of the “world’s brightest and quirkiest scientific minds,” recognizing them for their endeavors, per The Washington Post. The awards serve as a lighter counterpoint to ...

Japanese researchers won the 2025 Ig Nobel Prize for painting cows with zebra-like stripes to avoid being bitten by flies.

Many scientists dream of winning a Nobel Prize, an accolade that brings worldwide recognition, prestige and a place in the ...

Painting zebra stripes on cows to fend off flies, lizards' favorite pizza toppings and how booze helps you speak another ...

The Ig Nobels were founded in 1991 by Marc Abrahams, editor of satirical magazine Annals of Improbable Research. Previous ...

Celebrating quirky research, the Ig Nobel Prizes highlight oddball studies that entertain before enlightening on real ...

A team of Japanese researchers won the Ig Nobel biology prize for showing that painting zebra stripes on cows meant that ...

The 35th Ig Nobel Prizes, honoring unconventional scientific research, recognized studies on pasta sauce physics, the effects of eating Teflon, and alcohol's impact on bats.

Painting zebra stripes on cows to fend off flies, lizards' favourite pizza toppings and how booze helps you speak ...

The Ig Nobel Prizes are back and, as always, they prove that the intersection of humor and science can sometimes yield the ...