News about the Ig Nobel Prizes — honoring achievements that make people LAUGH, then THINK.
Serendipity and the Ig Nobel Prize — Tonight I, the American founder of the Ig Nobel Prizes, was having dinner with two Dutch Ig Nobel Prize winners (Ida Sabelis and Kees Moeliker) in an Italian Restaurant in the city of Essen, Germany (where we and another Ig winner are doing a show tomorrow night, Friday, […]
The movement of the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony to Europe is creating opportunities for people to help with the theatrical, technical, and people aspects of creating the magic. A few hours ago we put a little notice on Linked-In, for anyone who might like to volunteer for the ceremony (which will happen in Zurich, Switzerland in […]
Patricia Fernández de Lis of the Spanish newspaper El País interviewed me about the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony moving to Europe. Here is the interview machine-translated into English. The original version, in Spanish of course, is on the El País web site. Marc Abrahams, founder of the ‘joke Nobel Prizes’: “Scientists in the US are […]
After 35 years in the USA, the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony is moving to Europe. This coming September 3, the 36th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony will take place in Zurich, Switzerland. TICKETS will go on sale Tuesday, May 12, 2026. [NOTE: We will have a big celebration event in Boston, three weeks after […]