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Ig Nobel Prize
Annually awarded parody of the Nobel Prize
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The Ig Nobel Prize () is a satirical prize awarded annually since 1991 to promote public engagement with scientific research. Its aim is to "honor achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think." The name of the award is a pun on the Nobel Prize, which it parodies, and on the word ignoble. Most awards are for genuine scientific achievements with an unorthodox, obvious or humorous slant, while other awards are given ironically to various fraudsters, politicians, media figures, or promoters of pseudoscience.
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🇬🇧 Ig Nobels to move awards to Europe due to concern over US travel visas<p>Scientific awards – which honor research that makes people laugh and then think – to move away from ‘unsafe’ US</p><p>The annual Ig Nobels, a satir...
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🇺🇸 Concern over U.S. travel visas prompts Ig Nobels to move its awards to EuropeThe annual Ig Nobels, a satirical award for scientific achievement, are shifting for the first time from the United States to Europe due to concerns a...