DARK SECRETS: Science prizes - The Real Truth

The Side Facing Up Before a Coin Flip Wins Slightly More Often, and One Flipper Hit 60%

In 350,757 coin flips, coins landed on their starting side 50.8% of the time. The bias depended on the person, and one flipper hit 60%.

Medical Daily · 21h ago

Cockroach Milk Packs 3 Times the Energy of Dairy, and Its Ig Nobel Crystals Now Inspire Protein Design

Cockroach milk crystals hold over 3 times the energy of dairy milk by weight. The 2016 discovery won a 2026 Ig Nobel, but it was never tested as food.

Medical Daily · 22h ago

18-year-old solves Chicken McNugget maths problem, wins €7,000

An 18-year-old student from Poland has won €7,000 at a European science competition for developing a new method to solve a long-standing mathematical problem named after McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets. Kazimierz Jakub Chomicz received one of four first prizes at the 2026 European Union Contest for Young Scientists, held at Kiel…

The Times of India · Oct 19

A Doctor Notched His Thumbnail Every Month for 35 Years and Found His Nails Grew Slower with Age

Physician William Bean marked his thumbnail monthly for 35 years and tracked how its growth slowed with age and illness. It won a 2025 Ig Nobel.

Medical Daily · Oct 15

Nobel Prize winner Navi Pillay: 'You don't wait for a million people to be killed'

The winner of the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, South African judge Navanethem "Navi" Pillay, tells RFI why she stands by the conclusion that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, and why the world has a responsibility to act.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 14

Each Nostril Holds About 120 Hairs, and That Odd Cadaver Count Matters for People Losing Their Nose Hair

UC Irvine scientists counted nose hairs in 20 cadavers and found about 120 per nostril, a baseline that matters for people with alopecia areata.

Medical Daily · Oct 14

Write a Simple Word 30 Times and It May Start Looking Fake, a Strange Signal Called Jamais Vu

Repeat a word about 30 times and it may suddenly look wrong. Ig Nobel-winning research shows how to trigger jamais vu, the opposite of déjà vu.

Medical Daily · Oct 14

Butt Breathing Cleared Its First Human Safety Test, but a Lung Expert's Oxygen Math Is Brutal

Enteral ventilation, the Ig Nobel-winning butt-breathing idea, proved safe in 27 men. One lung expert says the oxygen math is the real hurdle.

Medical Daily · Oct 14

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Reason · Oct 13

A list of this year’s Nobel Prize winners

This year’s Nobel Prize awards concluded Monday after two economists won the Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for their work on models that help manage economic shocks

The Independent UK · Oct 12