get these people an IgNobel prize immediately
When pregnant woman boarded a subway car, 38% of the time someone offered her a seat. If someone dressed as Batman was also in the car it rose to 68%.
phys.org/news/2025-11...
phys.org/news/2025-11...
The Batman effect: The mere sight of the 'superhero' can make us more altruistic
If "Batman" appears on the scene, we immediately become more altruistic: in fact, research conducted by psychologists from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, shows that the sudden appear...
phys.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
get these people an IgNobel prize immediately
The Ignobel Prize
June 18, 2026 at 2:21 AM
The Ignobel Prize
"IgNobel Prizes".
October 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
"IgNobel Prizes".
do you think Trump would notice if he was awarded the igNobel prize instead?
August 15, 2025 at 5:26 AM
do you think Trump would notice if he was awarded the igNobel prize instead?
If I ever win an IgNobel I will test the limits of the law in California
September 25, 2026 at 12:06 PM
If I ever win an IgNobel I will test the limits of the law in California
Well there's still IgNobel
November 22, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Well there's still IgNobel
Los prestigiosos ‘Nobel de broma’ se mudan a Europa después de 35 años en EE UU: “Se ha vuelto inseguro para nuestros premiados”.
Los IgNobel, que premian las investigaciones más sorprendentes del año con el apoyo de premios Nobel reales, se celebrarán en Suiza
elpais.com/ciencia/2026...
Los IgNobel, que premian las investigaciones más sorprendentes del año con el apoyo de premios Nobel reales, se celebrarán en Suiza
elpais.com/ciencia/2026...
Los prestigiosos ‘Nobel de broma’ se mudan a Europa después de 35 años en EE UU: “Se ha vuelto inseguro para nuestros premiados”
Los IgNobel, que premian las investigaciones más sorprendentes del año con el apoyo de premios Nobel reales, se celebrarán en Suiza y después en otros países europeos “como en Eurovisión”
elpais.com
March 10, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Los prestigiosos ‘Nobel de broma’ se mudan a Europa después de 35 años en EE UU: “Se ha vuelto inseguro para nuestros premiados”.
Los IgNobel, que premian las investigaciones más sorprendentes del año con el apoyo de premios Nobel reales, se celebrarán en Suiza
elpais.com/ciencia/2026...
Los IgNobel, que premian las investigaciones más sorprendentes del año con el apoyo de premios Nobel reales, se celebrarán en Suiza
elpais.com/ciencia/2026...
The IgNobel Prizes, usually bestowed at a ceremony in Cambridge, Mass, are moving to Europe this year due to security concerns for honorees and journalists coming to the US from abroad.
I bet I know who's going to win the IgNobel Peace Prize this year.
arstechnica.com/science/2026...
I bet I know who's going to win the IgNobel Peace Prize this year.
arstechnica.com/science/2026...
Ig Nobels ceremony moves to Europe over security concerns
Marc Abraham: “During the past year, it has become unsafe for our guests to visit the country."
arstechnica.com
March 11, 2026 at 2:20 PM
The IgNobel Prizes, usually bestowed at a ceremony in Cambridge, Mass, are moving to Europe this year due to security concerns for honorees and journalists coming to the US from abroad.
I bet I know who's going to win the IgNobel Peace Prize this year.
arstechnica.com/science/2026...
I bet I know who's going to win the IgNobel Peace Prize this year.
arstechnica.com/science/2026...
Fascinating paper… but also a serious IgNobel candidate.
May 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Fascinating paper… but also a serious IgNobel candidate.
Travail qui avait fait l'objet de la remise d'un prix IgNobel en 2005 :
improbable.com/2020/07/03/p...
improbable.com/2020/07/03/p...
Pour la première fois en devoir surveillé (je l'avais donné en cours les années précédentes), l'étude balistique des fèces d'un manchot Adélie
cc @profduthoit.bsky.social ;-)
cc @profduthoit.bsky.social ;-)
December 20, 2024 at 7:31 AM
Travail qui avait fait l'objet de la remise d'un prix IgNobel en 2005 :
improbable.com/2020/07/03/p...
improbable.com/2020/07/03/p...
The igNobel peace price. Not the real Nobel, but the one you earn when you accomplish something interesting in an incredible dumb way
April 7, 2025 at 2:12 AM
The igNobel peace price. Not the real Nobel, but the one you earn when you accomplish something interesting in an incredible dumb way
On peut garder les ignobel ?
September 26, 2026 at 3:07 PM
On peut garder les ignobel ?
There was a Ignobel prize-winning paper where a bunch of presumably bored topologists took a super-accurate measurement of the curvature of an IHOP pancake and compared it to the topological map of Kansas and Kansas was like 100x flatter
August 19, 2025 at 2:06 AM
There was a Ignobel prize-winning paper where a bunch of presumably bored topologists took a super-accurate measurement of the curvature of an IHOP pancake and compared it to the topological map of Kansas and Kansas was like 100x flatter
On a inventé le processus accéléré qui est plus long que le processus normal. Peut-être un prix IgNobel de bureaucratie ?
September 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
On a inventé le processus accéléré qui est plus long que le processus normal. Peut-être un prix IgNobel de bureaucratie ?
Ignobel award candidate?
April 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Ignobel award candidate?
el ignobel
February 15, 2025 at 2:21 PM
el ignobel
Longos dias e belas noites, pessoal! Saiu mais um MFC incrível com o tema: Prêmio IgNóbel!
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December 27, 2024 at 1:43 PM
Longos dias e belas noites, pessoal! Saiu mais um MFC incrível com o tema: Prêmio IgNóbel!
open.spotify.com/episode/00M5...
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People occasionally ask what's going on with this account, and I like to tell them that it's like the IgNobel Prizes. First you make people laugh, and then you make them think.
Except without the laughter. Or the thinking.
Except without the laughter. Or the thinking.
December 2, 2024 at 5:22 PM
People occasionally ask what's going on with this account, and I like to tell them that it's like the IgNobel Prizes. First you make people laugh, and then you make them think.
Except without the laughter. Or the thinking.
Except without the laughter. Or the thinking.
En cette saison des Nobel, vite, proposons cet IgNobel !
Pour faire votre yahourt, rajoutez-y... des fourmis
Ajouter 4 fourmis à un pot de lait de vache frais est une méthode traditionnelle de fabrication du yaourt, autrefois populaire en Bulgarie & en Turquie.
Les fourmis et leurs bactéries acidifient et épaississent le lait pour en faire du yaourt
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Ajouter 4 fourmis à un pot de lait de vache frais est une méthode traditionnelle de fabrication du yaourt, autrefois populaire en Bulgarie & en Turquie.
Les fourmis et leurs bactéries acidifient et épaississent le lait pour en faire du yaourt
1/2
October 7, 2025 at 11:31 AM
En cette saison des Nobel, vite, proposons cet IgNobel !
Thought you might like this Ignobel winner, @robinince.bsky.social! 👅 🪨
🏆2023 Ignobel Prize in geology goes to ...
Jan Zalasiewicz, for explaining why many scientists like to lick rocks. 😋🪨
improbable.com/ig/winners/
“Eating Fossils,” Jan Zalasiewicz, The Paleontological Association Newsletter, no. 96, November 2017. www.palass.org/publications...
🧪 #academicSky
Jan Zalasiewicz, for explaining why many scientists like to lick rocks. 😋🪨
improbable.com/ig/winners/
“Eating Fossils,” Jan Zalasiewicz, The Paleontological Association Newsletter, no. 96, November 2017. www.palass.org/publications...
🧪 #academicSky
Past Ig Winners
Ig® Nobel Prize Winners For achievements that first make people LAUGH then make them THINK Winners by year: 2023 : 2022 : 2021 2020 : 2019 : 2018 : 2017 : 2016 2015 : 2014 : 2013 : 2012 : 2011 ...
improbable.com
September 17, 2023 at 8:15 AM
Thought you might like this Ignobel winner, @robinince.bsky.social! 👅 🪨
Prix ignobel de Chimie 2025 pour Levy : l'antisémitisme est soluble dans l'alcool
January 8, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Prix ignobel de Chimie 2025 pour Levy : l'antisémitisme est soluble dans l'alcool
The IGNobel are more serious than the International Mathematical Union.
every fun, cool, or just silly thing america has ever done is getting made worse because of these demons
September 3, 2026 at 6:49 PM
The IGNobel are more serious than the International Mathematical Union.