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Viki L. Silvers and David S. Kreiner studied “The Effects of Pre-existing Inappropriate Highlighting on Reading Comprehension” and concluded that the effect was indeed negative. They won an Ig Nobel in Literature...
Each year, the Ig Nobel Board of Governors––composed of actual Nobel scientific laureates, science professionals, public figures and athletes––chooses the recipients of 10 Ig Nobel Awards, each in a different field. The board randomly selects someone from the street to help with the final decision...
British researcher D. Charles Deeming, who co-authored a paper on ostriches’ amorous advances toward humans “under farming conditions,” accepted the Ig Nobel in Biology on behalf of his colleagues...
Arnd Leike of the University of Munich garnered the Ig Nobel in Physics by showing that beer froth diminishes according to the mathematical Law of Exponential Decay...
This year’s Ig Nobel Peace Prize went to Keita Sato, Matsumi Suzuki and Norio Kogure, who jointly designed and marketed a dog-to-human translation device...