The 2025 Ig Nobel Prizes: Laugh, then Think

• In 2025, two Indian scientists received the Ig Nobel Prize in Engineering Design.

• The Ig Nobel Prizes are comedic awards that offer a humorous contrast to the traditional Nobel Prizes, aiming to engage the public with scientific research.

• Each Ig Nobel winner receives a symbolic sum of 10 trillion Zimbabwean dollars, while Nobel laureates receive a gold medal and substantial monetary rewards.

• The awards have been presented annually since 1991 and are organized by the magazine Annals of Improbable Research.

• Notable 2025 Ig Nobel winners include:

– Tomoki Kojima for research on cow stripes reducing fly bites (Biology).

– Vikash Kumar and Sarthak Mittal for studying shoe rack experiences affected by odors (Engineering Design).

– Prof. William Bean for documenting his fingernail growth (Literature).

– Marcin Zajenkowski and Gilles Gignac for narcissism’s impact on self-esteem (Psychology).

– Researchers for rainbow lizards’ pizza preferences (Nutrition).

– Julie Mennella and Gory Beauchamp for garlic’s effect on breastfeeding (Pediatrics).

– A team for Teflon’s food volume effects (Chemistry).

– Researchers studying moderate alcohol consumption and foreign language skills (Peace).

• Remarkably, only one scientist, Andre Geim, has won both an Ig Nobel and a Nobel Prize, recognized for his work on levitating frogs and his later contributions to graphene research.

2025 Ig Nobel Prizes is important topic for Civil service exam (WBCS)

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