2022 Ig Nobels
A few of the winner citations:
Literature Prize
“for analyzing what makes legal documents unnecessarily difficult to understand.”
“for studying whether and how constipation affects the mating prospects of scorpions.”
Engineering Prize
“for trying to discover the most efficient way for people to use their fingers when turning a knob.”
Peace Prize
“for developing an algorithm to help gossipers decide when to tell the truth and when to lie.”
“for seeking and finding evidence that when new romantic partners meet for the first time and feel attracted to each other, their heart rates synchronize.”
Economics Prize
“for explaining mathematically why success most often goes not to the most talented people but instead to the luckiest.”