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Drunk worms and pigeon missiles head up Ig Nobel Prize winners
9-13-2024 |
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The annual prize is given out to research projects that 'first make people laugh, and then make them think.'
Ancient scrolls buried by Vesuvius eruption deciphered using AI
2-6-2024 | 1
Three researchers have been awarded a $700,000 prize for producing the first readable text from the previously unreadable scrolls.
Fossil licking and zombie spiders among 2023's Ig Nobel Prize winners
VIDEO 9-15-2023 | 3
The annual ceremony celebrates some of the strangest science projects imaginable.
Scientists compete to win $100,000 consciousness research prize
5-11-2023 | 8
More than 100 projects have been put forward in a bid to unlock the secrets of consciousness.
Constipated scorpions among subjects of this year's Ig Nobel Prize winners
VIDEO 9-19-2022 | 3
The alternative science awards are given to peculiar research projects which make people 'laugh... then think'.
Bigelow Institute unveils $1M life after death essay prize winners
11-8-2021 | 48
Robert Bigelow had launched the contest in an effort to find the best evidence of life after death.
2021 Ig Nobel Prize celebrates weird science
9-18-2021 | 0
For the second year running, this traditional celebration of science's most peculiar projects took place online.
$50k offered for proof of America's Nessie
5-21-2021 | 4
A businessman in the US is offering a large cash prize in exchange for proof of the lake monster known as Pepie.
'Living skyscraper' wins architecture prize
5-11-2021 | 7
A design concept for a skyscraper made from genetically modified trees has won this year's eVolo contest.
Bigelow offers $1M for proof of life after death
1-22-2021 | 49
Entrepreneur Robert Bigelow is offering a $1M prize pot for the most compelling evidence of an afterlife.
Weird science projects gain Ig Nobel Prize
9-19-2020 | 2
Some of this year's most bizarre science projects were recognized at an online ceremony this week.
Man wins $1M lottery prize twice in one day
4-29-2020 | 9
One fortunate Colorado resident couldn't believe his luck when he managed to scoop two consecutive jackpots.
Man discovers a spider eating his pet goldfish
1-8-2020 | 11
A tour guide in South Africa recently posted up a photograph showing the fate of his prized goldfish Cleo.
City offers $1.1M for proof that it doesn't exist
8-23-2019 | 20
A group in Bielefeld, Germany is offering a hefty cash prize to anyone who can prove that the city doesn't exist.
$3,000 prize offered for remote viewing research
5-23-2019 | 32
The prize will be awarded to the best 'research proposal investigating some aspect of remote viewing.'
Theme park to hold 30-hour 'Coffin Challenge'
9-27-2018 | 27
The Six Flags theme park in St. Louis is offering a $300 prize in exchange for spending 30 hours inside a coffin.
ESA wants you to name its new Mars rover
7-21-2018 | 30
The European Space Agency is offering a prize to the person who manages to come up with the winning name.
Russian scientists call out TV clairvoyants
11-26-2017 | 16
Researchers in Russia are offering a large cash prize to anyone who can demonstrate psychic powers.
Gravitational waves announcement incoming
10-11-2017 | 5
Nobel Prize winner Rainer Weiss and his colleagues have hinted at an upcoming 'exciting announcement'.
New Oreo flavor mystery is worth $50,000
10-10-2017 | 6
The popular cookie brand is offering a cash prize to anyone who can guess the flavor of its new product.
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