2026 Ig Nobel Prizes: cockroach milk, nose-blowing aerodynamics and buried underwear honored in Zurich

2026-09-03 08:41 UTC – 2026-09-04 16:10 UTC

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The 36th Ig Nobel Prize ceremony took place in Zurich on September 3, honoring research that “first makes people laugh, then makes them think.” For the first time in its history, the ceremony was held outside the United States, with organizers citing tightened visa policies and safety concerns for guests. Among the laureates was a Brazilian biologist who stepped on venomous jararaca snakes 40,000 times in protective boots to test when they are most likely to bite, alongside studies on the nutritional value of cockroach milk, the aerodynamics of nose-blowing, splash-free urinals and burying cotton underwear to assess soil health. Japanese researcher Tokuji Unno received the prize posthumously for his 1977 paper “How to Blow the Nose – An Aerodynamic Study of the Nose Blowing,” while the peace prize went to California researchers who showed that friendship grows stronger when directed against a common enemy.

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2026-09-03 00:00 · Nature (outlet profile)
Buried underpants and a new definition of kissing win 2026 Ig Nobel prizes. Nature, Published online: 03 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02650-x The awards highlight weird, funny and improbable research that also…
2026-09-03 08:41 · Sciences et Avenir (outlet profile)
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2026-09-03 17:00 · G1 (outlet profile)
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2026-09-03 17:00 · Folha de S.Paulo (outlet profile)
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2026-09-03 17:00 · Ars Technica (outlet profile)
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2026-09-03 17:00 · RTVI.com (outlet profile)
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2026-09-03 17:00 · Guardian Science (outlet profile)
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2026-09-03 17:00 · Daily Mail (outlet profile)
The weirdest and wackiest studies revealed in the Ig Nobels - including research on how to blow your nose and why teenagers are so smelly. Comical discoveries including the best way to blow your nose and why teenagers a…
2026-09-03 17:14 · Asharq Al-Awsat (outlet profile)
Scientists Studying Cockroach Milk and Nose-Blowing Win Ig Nobel Prizes for Quirky Science
2026-09-03 17:23 · UOL (outlet profile)
Brasileiro que pisou 40 mil vezes em jararacas para ser picado ganha Ig Nobel
2026-09-03 17:31 · The Independent (outlet profile)
Scientists studying cockroach milk and nose-blowing win Ig Nobel prizes for quirky science. Researchers have been honored for their quirky, imaginative contributions to science at the 36th annual Ig Nobel Prizes
2026-09-03 17:40 · Belfast Telegraph (outlet profile)
Teams studying kissing and nose-blowing win Ig Nobel prizes for quirky science
2026-09-03 18:47 · Phys.org (outlet profile)
Scientists studying cockroach milk and nose-blowing win Ig Nobel prizes for quirky science. Ten research teams were honored Thursday at a satirical science awards ceremony that was hosted outside the U.S. for the first…
2026-09-03 18:55 · UOL (outlet profile)
Prêmio Ig Nobel celebra pesquisas sobre assoar nariz e leite de barata. O Ig Nobel 2026 premiou, em Zurique, pesquisas sobre assoar o nariz, urinais sem respingos e o uso de mosquitos na impressão 3D.
2026-09-03 19:46 · CBC News (outlet profile)
Canadian who helped design splash-free urinal is proud of his weird science award. A team of University of Waterloo scientists won this year's Ig Nobel Physics Prize for their "theoretical and experimental attempts to d…
2026-09-03 20:07 · South China Morning Post (outlet profile)
Scientists studying cockroach milk and nose-blowing win Ig Nobel prizes. Ten research teams were honoured on Thursday at a satirical science awards ceremony that was hosted outside the US for the first time due to trave…
2026-09-03 20:44 · Fontanka.ru (outlet profile)
Орально-оральный контакт, конфетные воришки и тараканье молоко. Вручена «шнобелевка». В Цюрихе определились новые обладатели Шнобелевской премии
2026-09-03 21:07 · Spektrum (outlet profile)
Von Kakerlakenmilch bis vergrabene Unterhosen: Erneut skurrile Forschung ausgezeichnet. Spritzfreie Pissoirs, wohlriechende Babys und die Evolution des Kusses: Die Verleihung der Ig-Nobelpreise war auch 2026 bunt und sc…
2026-09-03 21:10 · Phys.org (outlet profile)
Ig Nobel Prize winners reveal why babies smell better than teenagers. Babies smell wonderful—at least to their parents. An international research team of Ilona Croy, Tomasz Frackowiak, Thomas Hummel and Agnieszka Soroko…
2026-09-04 00:00 · Nature (outlet profile)
Briefing Chat: How 1,000 pairs of buried underpants helped measure soil health. Nature, Published online: 04 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02800-1 Nature staff discuss the winners of the 2026 Ig Nobel prizes —…
2026-09-04 00:20 · Clarín (outlet profile)
Estudio brasileño que pisotea serpientes y urinarios antifugas ganan los "anti-Nobel" de 2026. La edición 2026 de los Ig-Nobel premió investigaciones insólitas como caminar sobre serpientes venenosas y diseñar urinarios…
2026-09-04 00:39 · www.rbc.ru (outlet profile)
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2026-09-04 00:58 · Lenta.ru (outlet profile)
Ученых наградили за тараканье молоко и писсуары без брызг
2026-09-04 01:30 · Российская газета (outlet profile)
Наглость богатых и "молоко" тараканов: В Швейцарии вручили Шнобелевскую премию. В швейцарском Цюрихе 3 сентября вручили премию за самые неочевидные, а порой странные научные открытия.
2026-09-04 01:50 · UOL (outlet profile)
Estudo brasileiro que desafia serpentes e mictórios antirrespingo estão entre vencedores do Ig Nobel. Caminhar sobre serpentes venenosas para descobrir quando elas decidem atacar ou projetar cientificamente um mictório…
2026-09-04 02:30 · Аргументы и факты (outlet profile)
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2026-09-04 02:53 · ТАСС (outlet profile)
В Цюрихе объявили победителей 36-й Шнобелевской премии мира. В области физики премия была присуждена коллективу ученых из разных стран за разработку модели писсуара, способствующей уменьшению количества брызг, а японски…
2026-09-04 03:00 · RFI (outlet profile)
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2026-09-04 03:19 · RTVI.com (outlet profile)
Лауреат «шнобелевки» за писсуар рассказал о своем изобретении. Изобретателям инновационного писсуара, исключающего брызги, поступают запросы на новинку со всего мира. Об этом RTVI заявил канадский ученый Чжао Пань, вмес…
2026-09-04 04:02 · Телеканал 360 (outlet profile)
Токудзи Унно посмертно получил премию Шнобеля за изучение процесса сморкания. Японский ученый Токудзи Унно посмертно получил Шнобелевскую премию по медицине за исследование процесса сморкания. Об этом сообщила пресс-слу…

Factual core

The Ig Nobel Prizes honor unusual and humorous scientific achievements.
The Ig Nobel Prize ceremony took place in Zurich.
Scientists studying cockroach milk were awarded an Ig Nobel Prize.
A study involving 1,000 pairs of buried underpants helped measure soil health and won an Ig Nobel prize.
The award was for their theoretical and experimental attempts to design a splash-free urinal.

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