Sept. 13 (UPI) --The Journal of Improbable Research announced this year's Ig Nobel Prize winners, including a team who ...

From stuffing pigeons into missiles to discovering that animals can breathe through their anuses, the 2024 Ig Nobel Prize ...

Last month, Dr Saul Newman of the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing was awarded the Ig Nobel Prize for his work debunking Blue Zones. Newman’s investigation into serious flaws in the data about ...

Of course, we are not talking about the Nobel Prize, but the Ig Nobel, an annual celebration of the most “improbable” research from around the world – even the serious world of scientific ...

Narcissist eyebrows, insect researchers with a fear of spiders and an alligator inhaling helium were among the topics of scientific studies honoured with awards in this year's Ig Nobel Prizes on ...

A group of Japanese and American scientists has won this year's Ig Nobel Prize in physiology for discovering that many mammals are capable of breathing through their butt. While their discovery ...

A team of Japanese and American researchers was awarded the satirical Ig Nobel Prize in physiology on Sept. 12 for discovering that mammals can breathe through their anuses. This marks the 18th ...

The event was held on September 12, a month before the real Nobel Prizes. Here are the 10 winners of the 34th edition of the Ig Nobels. Voice 1: The physiology prize went to Japanese and US ...

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A team of Japanese scientists were honored with the Ig Nobel Prize in physiology on Thursday for their groundbreaking discovery that mammals, including humans, can absorb oxygen through their rectums.