@nature: The Ig Nobels are an annual ritual in recognizing the world’s weirdest, funniest, and most improbable science. The research recognized is not required to have taken place in the prize-giving year. Instead, it represents the sheer breadth of how science can not only make us laugh…but can also make us think. Other than the three we cover in this video, the Ig Nobel Prizes this year included: - Medicine: For the 1977 study ‘How to Blow the Nose - An Aerodynamic Study of the Nose Blowing’ - Physics: For theoretical and experimental attempts to design a splash-free urinal - Technology: For pioneering the use of mosquito proboscises as high-resolution 3D printing nozzles, a process called necroprinting - Biomechanics: For research that devised a precise definition of kissing - Olfaction: For collecting evidence that babies smell great to their parents, but teenagers do not - Biology: For research that involved gently stepping on various parts of snakes to try to learn what induces a venomous snake to bite a human - The Ig Nobel Peace Prize: For research documenting that people value friends who are mean to those that they dislike - Written, Presented, & Produced by @Maren Hunsberger - Stock Image from Getty / Yod67 - Stock Music from Triple Scoop / Richard Ames - Supervising Producer: Shamini Bundell #nature #Science #research #ignobelprize

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xahbono
JessB :
I like it when research confirms popular knowledge
2026-09-03 23:44:27
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Arcee Arr :
God those glasses are cool.
2026-09-04 00:07:33
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Bison :
I hate the cockroach milk research
2026-09-04 06:57:04
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iamshoana
iamshoana 🇮🇪🇪🇺 :
I'll stick to oat milk
2026-09-04 04:53:33
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holymolyitspolly
Polly :
First one literally this:
2026-09-04 17:22:14
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mypisceannature
lone_wolf3882 :
I will cut off my right arm and eat it before I EVER consume cockroach milk. 😂
2026-09-04 06:36:59
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unbebelievable
unbebelievable :
🪳🥛 will need some amazing branding to overcome the stigma, but the future of biotech is going to be really really weird
2026-09-03 22:38:02
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sickmoon3
sickmoon :
so rich people became rich by being evil. got it
2026-09-04 14:14:30
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leeeeeace
Léa :
I love the guy who has both an ignobel (for levitating a frog) and a Nobel (for graphene, which he and his team did by using scotch tape on graphite lol)
2026-09-04 07:52:44
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koritsikoritsikoritsi
Koritsi :
Did not love learning about cockroach milk as my mouth tastes like Mouthwash + diet coke
2026-09-05 07:37:19
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leticia2030
Leticia's#2acct :
this is why I'm so excited for IgNobel November!!! @Dexter.mp4 does it every year 😀
2026-09-04 11:53:43
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gaia_resmini
Gaia 🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺🇵🇸 :
ain't nothing funny about the first one
2026-09-04 07:23:56
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sir_mr.mcguyfellow
Mr.McGuyFellow :
So what your saying is those underwear... ... were soiled 🤣
2026-09-05 17:52:20
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nneomaedeh
nneomaedeh :
This is so cool
2026-09-05 22:34:46
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baby_baphomet
🫧 :
I was curious enough about the olfaction ig Nobel so I looked it up and it's pretty interesting (I'm not going to spoil it in the comments). I'm so fascinated by the science behind smell. I can't wait to hear you cover it more in depth
2026-09-05 14:01:32
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onemomentplzzz
onemoment :
Omg my friend made a joke about cockroach milk the other day and I had no idea it was based on research, I thought they were just being absurd
2026-09-04 04:24:03
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nemanjapuhalo
Nemanja Puhalo :
Love your glasses!
2026-09-04 07:25:33
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cronnorm
Cron Norm :
First one is great because it's exactly what you'd expect too
2026-09-05 03:18:47
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valneilauthor
Val Neil :
My FIL used to run one of those lollipop stands on the counter of shops where they operate on the honor system. He said Orange County (affluent area) was the WORST. People would take all the candy and leave no money. Poor neighborhoods always paid.
2026-09-04 07:05:23
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birgitsegal
Baguette 🇪🇺 :
As a sociologist (who also studied social behaviour at open bookshelves - what the US calls Little Free Libraries), I LOVE the first one. I mean, I hate the results, but this isn't just fun, this is SO SO SO important and should actually first be reproduced in different countries to see if there are differences and then taken into account in politics. Because at the moment at least most North-Western countries see rich people as the best of the best, the thing to strive for and the people politics should endorse. (I don't think it'll change the hearts and minds of politicians, since not only are they oftentimes rich or at least well off themselves, but also already ignored the fact that in studies rich people think they deserve their money and that they didn't have any help in getting rich, even IF what made them rich was clearly and visibly rigged in their favour. But... The more information on the topic, the higher the chance that at least someday small changes can be accomplished.)
2026-09-04 13:04:16
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topherdagofer
Christopher Denval 🇦🇺 :
Oh god they are gonna make us drink it aren’t they..
2026-09-04 07:20:09
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cyborgseawitch
Tali✡️🏳️‍🌈♿️🍉 :
The first one doesn’t surprise me at all. We see it everywhere. The third one: I’m eating yogurt, so thank you for that. 🤢😝
2026-09-04 15:29:15
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roran_ramsey
Roran :
I learned about cockroach milk in my entomology class like 5 years ago and its my favorite fun fact to share. I'm surprised that its considered novel research this year
2026-09-04 00:16:54
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fallencat1
FallenCat :
I want to vote for Biology, the study about stepping on snakes 🐍
2026-09-03 23:13:36
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phillytrashpanda
Nicole :
Words I’ve never wanted to hear next to each other. Cockroach milk.
2026-09-04 12:30:36
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