From cockroach milk to stepping on snakes, Ig Nobel awards celebrates science at its oddest

The 2025 Ig Nobel Prize ceremony in Zurich awarded prizes to peer-reviewed scientific studies including research on cockroach milk composition, evolutionary patterns in kissing behavior, and soil analysis methods using undergarments. The Ig Nobel Prizes recognize scientific research that first makes people laugh, then makes them think. Previous winners have included studies on penguin pebble-stealing behavior, the physics of walking backwards, and communication between humans and cats.

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