2023 Ig Nobels
A few of the winner citations:
Chemistry/Geology Prize
“for explaining why many scientists like to lick rocks.”
Education Prize
“for methodically studying the boredom of teachers and students.”
Medicine Prize
“for using cadavers to explore whether there is an equal number of hairs in each of a person's two nostrils.”
Psychology Prize
“for experiments on a city street to see how many passersby stop to look upward when they see strangers looking upward.”
Literature Prize
“for studying the sensations people feel when they repeat a single word many, many, many, many, many, many, many times.”