Ig Nobel Prize

Ig Nobel Prize, any of the prizes awarded annually for unusual achievements that “make people LAUGH, then THINK.” The Ig Nobel Prizes are awarded by Improbable Research, a company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that issues the science humor magazine Annals of Improbable Research (AIR) every two months. The Ig Nobel Prizes, “Igs” for short, recognize amusing, imaginative, and often bizarre studies that are nonetheless mostly legitimate research. The prizes’ name is a reference to Ignatius...