Abrahams recalls a particularly favorite memory from the 2004 ceremony, held at Harvard’s Sanders Theatre. Japanese inventor ...

This is not satire, but we wish it was The Ig Nobel Prize, which satirizes its more noble namesake, is moving its award ...

Organizers of an annual satirical award for scientific achievement are shifting for the first time from the United States to ...

The satirical science prizes, which reward the most surprising research of the year with the support of real Nobel laureates, ...

Traditionally, the awards ceremony and related Ig Nobel events have taken place in Boston at Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Boston University. However, four of last ...

The Ig Nobel Prize ceremony, the annual event that honors research making people laugh before making them think, is leaving the United States for the first time in its history. Organizers have ...

The organizer of the Ig Nobel Prize announced on Tuesday that its awarding ceremony this year will take place in Europe for the first time, instead of the United States.

"We cannot in good conscience ask the new winners, or the international journalists who cover the event, to travel to the USA ...

The 36th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony (yes, that’s what they’re calling it) will be held in Zurich, Switzerland, in September. The award ceremony has been held in Massachusetts for the past 35 ...

If you're going to San Francisco Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair. —Scott McKenzie A crown of daisies might have been a stylish choice for hippies gathering in San Francisco in 1967 for the ...

With science increasingly coming under attack, using humor as a way to get people interested in scientific research is more important than ever, the founder of the satirical Ig Nobel prizes said. But ...

Scientific awards – which honor research that makes people laugh and then think – to move away from ‘unsafe’ US ...