If you're going to San Francisco Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair. —Scott McKenzie A crown of daisies might have been a stylish choice for hippies gathering in San Francisco in 1967 for the ...

With science increasingly coming under attack, using humour as a way to get people interested in scientific research is more important than ever, the founder of the satirical Ig Nobel prizes said. But ...

Many scientists dream of winning a Nobel Prize, an accolade that brings worldwide recognition, prestige and a place in the pantheon of greatness alongside the likes of Albert Einstein, Marie Curie and ...

An Australian scientist has been honoured with an Ig Nobel prize for creating a way to unboil an egg. But Chemistry professor Colin Raston from Flinders University in Adelaide built a machine which ...

BOSTON (AP) — The sex lives of constipated scorpions, cute ducklings with an innate sense of physics, and a life-size rubber moose may not appear to have much in common, but they all inspired the ...

Researchers who came to the conclusion that "beer goggles" make you think you're better looking are among this year's winners of the "Ig Nobel" awards. The Igs "celebrate the unusual, honor the ...

Do you stay up at night wondering what would happen if bats got drunk and decided to carry on with their flight path? Ever lost sleep over whether cows could be shielded from fly bites if they were ...

All the “will he get it or won’t he?” speculation surrounding the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize obscured news about other important annual prizes bestowed on worthy recipients this Fall. That is a shame, ...

Professor Nick Enfield of the University of Sydney has won an Ig Nobel Prize for breakthrough research in linguistics that found evidence of a universal trait in human conversation Professor Nick ...

How quickly do fingernails grow? Does painting a cow like a zebra deter flies? And which kind of pizza does a lizard prefer, given the option? These are the burning questions occupying some of the ...