Ig Nobel Awards

Last night, scientists from around the world gathered at Harvard's iconic Sanders Theatre for the "24rd First…

Last night, scientists from around the world traveled (at their own expense!) to Harvard's iconic Sanders Theatre…

Colonoscopies sometimes end with intestinal detonation, or what's known in more official circles as a "colonic…

As of this posting we are just half an hour away from the start of this year's Ig Nobel Awards Ceremony. Don't…

Don't know what the Ig Nobels are? Read our coverage from last year's ceremony. If you can't be bothered to read…

I'm standing amidst a throng of people in the entrance hall of Harvard University's historic Sanders theatre.…

It's the IgNobel Prize ceremony for science that makes you laugh — and think. Don't forget your paper airplanes!

Tomorrow evening marks the 21st episode of the IgNobel Awards, handed out every year in increasingly bizarre…

The alternative Nobel Prize awards, the Ig Nobels, have been called for another year, with this particular winner…

Just like grandpa, teapots have long suffered from a dribbling problem. No longer.

Yes, that's Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman there with half a brassiere clamped tightly over his nose and…