2025 Ig Nobel Prize Winners
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- The 2025 Ig Nobel Prizes honored unusual research questions that combine humor and scientific merit.
- The Ig Nobel Prizes, established in 1991, parody the Nobel Prizes by celebrating achievements that 'first make people laugh and then make them think.'
- The awards ceremony includes miniature operas, scientific demos, and 24/7 lectures where experts explain their work in 24 seconds and then in seven words.
- Acceptance speeches are limited to 60 seconds, and winners later give free public talks posted on the Improbable Research website.
- The Biology prize went to researchers who experimented with painting cows with zebra-like stripes to avoid fly bites, addressing a significant issue for cattle health and productivity.