Cockroach Milk, How to Blow Your Nose, and Mosquito Printers: The Ig Nobels of 2026

Every year, the prizes recognize the weirdest research that often raises some very serious scientific questions. Achievements that first make people laugh and then make them think. That’s the motto of the Ig Nobel Prizes , an annual competition that—parodying the Nobel Prizes—recognizes some of the world’s most unusual scientific studies [1].

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1. wired.com · Cockroach Milk, How to Blow Your Nose, and Mosquito Printers: The Ig Nobels of 2026 Sep 8, 2026

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