How Do The Ig Nobel Prizes Work?
Scientific humor journal the Annals of Improbable Research handed out the first spherical of Ig Nobel Prizes in 1991, honoring, among others, the inventor of antiflatulence pill Beano. The awards have continued yearly since then, recognizing inventions such because the Veg-o-Matic, karaoke, pretend dog testicles and “under-ease,” maybe the world’s only airtight, charcoal-filtered underwear. Of …