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Beyond #NobelPrizes Is a World of Scientific Awards
#Nobels are awarded in only 3 scientific categories, but other awards honor researchers across different fields.
Can't forget #IgNobel — play on the word “ignoble,” or dishonorable — is a satirical but still hotly anticipated prize that was founded by Marc Abrahams, editor of Annals of Improbable Research, in 1991. The award highlights peer-reviewed research that “makes people laugh, then think.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/science/awards-prizes-non-nobels.html
https://archive.ph/i6rxM

Beyond the Nobel Prizes Is a World of Scientific Awards

Nobels are awarded in only three scientific categories, but other awards honor researchers across different fields.

The New York Times

michael 2d ago

8-Oct-2025
University of Calgary scientists want your #toenailClippings for a study related to #lungCancer
Measuring levels of certain #radioactive isotopes in #toenails may reveal a person’s long-term exposure to #radon gas and potentially lung #cancer risk

competition for the next round of #ignobel prizes will be fierce ...

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1101242

#science #publicHealth #health

University of Calgary scientists want your toenail clippings for a study related to lung cancer

University of Calgary professor Dr. Aaron Goodarzi, PhD, is hoping to recruit up to ten thousand people from all over Canada to test their homes for radon and collect and send in their toenail clippings for analysis. In a proof-of-concept (pilot) study published in Environment International, Goodarzi and co-principal investigator Dr. Michael Wieser, PhD, showed that measuring radioactive lead in toenails is a promising way to estimate a person’s long-term radon exposure. The naturally occurring, odorless, colourless but radioactive gas is the second leading cause of lung cancer after tobacco smoking. Despite that, rules governing lung cancer screening programs in Canada can’t yet include radon exposure as one of risk criteria. The reason being few people can reliably report their radon exposure across decades like they can report the number of years they’ve smoked tobacco.

EurekAlert!

quangobaud 2d ago

I propose that there be annual nominations for "[enter-whatever-will-be-the new-awards-ceremony's-name-here]", which will be the fediverse equivalent of a whole bunch of other lame awards ceremonies with perenially disappointing winners in various categories.

Or, maybe we could have suitable winners? 🧐
Nah! 😃

Maybe there should be a whole bunch throughout the year before or after other established? 🤔

#TheEugenies 😱 ... uh ... I mean ... #TheRochkos 👍

#IgNobel #Razzies

#Mastodon #JoanAndJohnMastodon #Fediverse
#IStronglyDislikeAwardsCeremonies

Colin M 3d ago

Do you think we could give Trump the inaugural #IgNobel Peace Prize?

𝓛𝔁𝓼 / 𝔸𝕝𝕖𝕩𝕚𝕤 🏵🇪🇺💫3d ago

Another lost opportunity for USA (to showcase The Greatness of their Nation) due to current Global situations coupled with USA’s current policies creating unfortunate barriers to Scientific Research inspiring laughter & thought… ? 💭 🤣

Thankfully, the #IgNobel Award winners shall be invited to replica events in the coming months in London, Berlin, and Tokyo.

#Improbable & whimsical Research 🔬

https://improbable.com/2025/09/19/the-added-difficulty-of-producing-the-ig-nobel-prize-ceremony-in-2025/

The Added Difficulty of Producing the Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony in 2025

This year, this 2025, brought new difficulties in organizing the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony — difficulties for us, the ceremony organizers, and difficulties for the winners who contemplated traveling …

Improbable Research

Momento Vermú Oct 5

¿Nos dejas acompañarte hoy domingo? Te dejamos el episodio 9 de Momento Vermú, esperamos que te guste. ¿Alguna propuesta para el décimo episodio? https://open.spotify.com/episode/53XV6JkRSW8qjEiazTboso?si=DAI9YoagQ7mqRkEbgyyOHA #podcast #podcasting #gaviotas #IGNobel

Episodio 9 - Entre IG Nobel y el guerrero de las gaviotas

Momento Vermú Podcast · Episode

Spotify

michael Oct 4

30-Sep-2025
Scientists read #mice’s ‘thoughts’ from their faces

sounds like people angling for an #Ignobel prize?

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1099962

#science #animals #behaviour

Scientists read mice’s ‘thoughts’ from their faces

Summary: “Mind reading” evokes images of futuristic scanners, but a study published in Nature Neuroscience demonstrates that a simple video may be enough. Using machine learning techniques, a team at the Champalimaud Foundation in Portugal, showed that mice’s facial movements reflect their hidden thoughts. According to the authors, this discovery could offer unprecedented insight into brain function, but also signals a need to consider safeguards for mental privacy. ***SUMMARY YOUTUBE VIDEO LINK***: https://youtu.be/eNjkmeJ-lvE

EurekAlert!

Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦Oct 4

"Every Ig Nobel prize winner has done something that first makes people laugh, and then makes them think,"
- Marc Abrahams, founder of the awards.

"The Ig Nobel peace prize went to the revelation that drinking alcohol can improve a person's ability to speak a foreign language (Dutch, specifically)."

#ig_nobel_prize #igNobel https://beige.party/@TheBreadmonkey/115315743894198793

/cc @StOnSoftware 😁

Beenlzebub (@TheBreadmonkey@beige.party)

Lol. I missed this. Funniest scientific studies of 2025. Ig Nobel prize 2025: Zebra cows and Teflon food among winners https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crkjzxrrkd5o

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