Welcome everyone! Every year scientists, researchers, authors and economists all over the world eagerly await the awarding of the Nobel prizes. But did you know there is a satiric version of these prizes, called the Ig Nobels? Since 1991, the Ig Nobels have been awarded to honour achievements in scientific research that first make people laugh, and then make them think.The Ig Nobels are organised by the satirical scholarly journal ‘Annals of improbable research’, the annual ceremony is held at Harvard University,there are ten prizes every year for a variety of scientific fields, presented by genuine Nobel laureates, ... (full story)