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The Ig Nobel Prize

The Ig Nobel Prize

TechStuff

September 27, 202330m 7s

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In 1991, the editor of a satirical science journal launched an award for the scientifically ridiculous (and ridiculed), the Ig Nobel Prize. Learn how it all got started and some of the early tech-related prize winners!

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