The document outlines the achievements of the Ig® Nobel Prize winners across various categories for their humorous yet thought-provoking research. These include notable studies on topics such as chemistry, physics, literature, medicine, and even social behavior, such as the impact of risk-taking in childhood on business leadership. Each prize acknowledges unconventional and quirky research that encourages people to laugh and think critically about science and its implications.

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28. The 2015
Ig Nobel Prize
winners

29. Ig Nobel®
Chemistry Prize

30. Chemistry Prize
Callum Ormonde, Colin Raston, Tom Yuan,
Stephan Kudlacek, Sameeran Kunche,
Joshua N. Smith, William A. Brown, Kaitlin Pugliese,
Tivoli Olsen, Mariam Iftikhar, and Gregory Weiss
[AUSTRALIA, USA], for

31. Chemistry Prize
inventing a chemical recipe
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32. Chemistry Prize
to partially un-boil
inventing a chemical recipe
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33. Chemistry Prize
to partially un-boil
inventing a chemical recipe
an egg.
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38. Ig Nobel®
Physics Prize

39. Patricia J. Yang, David Hu, Jonathan Pham, and
Jerome Choo [USA, TAIWAN], for…
Physics Prize

40. Physics Prize
testing the biological principle
that nearly all mammals
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41. Physics Prize
testing the biological principle
that nearly all mammals
empty their bladders
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42. Physics Prize
testing the biological principle
that nearly all mammals
empty their bladders
•
in about 21 seconds

43. Physics Prize
testing the biological principle
that nearly all mammals
empty their bladders
(plus or minus 13 seconds).
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in about 21 seconds

50. Ig® Nobel
Literature Prize

51. Literature Prize
Mark Dingemanse, Francisco Torreira, and
Nick J. Enfield [AUSTRALIA, BELGIUM,
THE NETHERLANDS, USA], for…

52. Literature Prize
—discovering that the word
“huh?”
(or its equivalent)
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53. Literature Prize
—discovering that the word
“huh?”
(or its equivalent)
seems to exist in every human language
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54. Literature Prize
—discovering that the word
“huh?”
(or its equivalent)
seems to exist in every human language
— and for not being quite sure why.
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58. Ig Nobel®
Management
Prize

59. Management Prize
Gennaro Bernile, Vineet Bhagwat, and
P. Raghavendra Rau [ITALY, SINGAPORE,
USA, UK, INDIA, FRANCE, LUXEMBOURG,
GERMANY, JAPAN] for…

60. Management Prize
discovering that
many business leaders
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61. Management Prize
discovering that
many business leaders
developed, in childhood,
a fondness for risk-taking,
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62. Management Prize
discovering that
many business leaders
developed, in childhood,
a fondness for risk-taking,
when they experienced natural disasters
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63. Management Prize
discovering that
many business leaders
developed, in childhood,
a fondness for risk-taking,
when they experienced natural disasters
(such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions,
tsunamis, and wildfires)
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64. Management Prize
discovering that
many business leaders
developed, in childhood,
a fondness for risk-taking,
when they experienced natural disasters
(such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions,
tsunamis, and wildfires)
that — for them —
had no dire personal consequences.
•

68. Ig Nobel®
Economics Prize

69. Economics Prize
The Bangkok Metropolitan Police
[THAILAND],
for...

70. Economics Prize
offering to pay policemen
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71. Economics Prize
offering to pay policemen
extra cash
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72. Economics Prize
offering to pay policemen
extra cash
if the policemen refuse
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73. Economics Prize
offering to pay policemen
extra cash
if the policemen refuse
to take bribes.
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78. Ig Nobel®
Medicine Prize

79. Medicine Prize
Awarded jointly to Hajime Kimata
[JAPAN]

80. Medicine Prize
and to Jaroslava Durdiaková,
Peter Celec,
Natália Kamodyová,
Tatiana Sedláčková, Gabriela Repiská,
Barbara Sviežená, and Gabriel Minárik
[SLOVAKIA, USA, UK, GERMANY] for...

81. Medicine Prize
experiments to study
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82. Medicine Prize
experiments to study
the biomedical benefits or
biomedical consequences
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83. Medicine Prize
experiments to study
the biomedical benefits or
biomedical consequences
of intense kissing
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84. Medicine Prize
experiments to study
the biomedical benefits or
biomedical consequences
of intense kissing
(and other intimate interpersonal
activities).
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95. Ig Nobel®
Mathematics
Prize

96. Mathematics Prize
Elizabeth Oberzaucher and
Karl Grammer
[AUSTRIA, GERMANY, UK],
for…

97. Mathematics Prize
•trying to use mathematical
techniques

98. Mathematics Prize
to determine whether and how
•trying to use mathematical
techniques

99. Mathematics Prize
to determine whether and how
Moulay Ismael the Bloodthirsty,
•trying to use mathematical
techniques

100. Mathematics Prize
to determine whether and how
Moulay Ismael the Bloodthirsty,
•trying to use mathematical
techniques
the Sharifian Emperor of Morocco,
managed,

101. Mathematics Prize
to determine whether and how
Moulay Ismael the Bloodthirsty,
•trying to use mathematical
techniques
the Sharifian Emperor of Morocco,
managed,
during the years
from 1697 through 1727,

102. Mathematics Prize
to determine whether and how
Moulay Ismael the Bloodthirsty,
•trying to use mathematical
techniques
the Sharifian Emperor of Morocco,
managed,
during the years
from 1697 through 1727,
to father 888 children.

108. Ig Nobel®
Biology Prize

109. Biology Prize
Bruno Grossi, Omar Larach,
Mauricio Canals, Rodrigo A. Vásquez,
and José Irarte-Díaz
[CHILE, USA], for…

110. Biology Prize
observing that when you attach a
weighted stick
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111. Biology Prize
to the rear end of a chicken,
observing that when you attach a
weighted stick
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112. Biology Prize
to the rear end of a chicken,
the chicken then walks
observing that when you attach a
weighted stick
in a manner similar to that in which
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113. Biology Prize
to the rear end of a chicken,
the chicken then walks
observing that when you attach a
weighted stick
in a manner similar to that in which
dinosaurs are thought to have walked.
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120. Ig Nobel®
Diagnostic
Medicine Prize

121. Diagnostic Medicine
Prize
Diallah Karim, Anthony Harnden,
Nigel D’Souza, Andrew Huang,
Abdel Kader Allouni,
Helen Ashdown, Richard J. Stevens, and
Simon Kreckler [CANADA, UK, NEW
ZEALAND, USA, BAHRAIN, BELGIUM, DUBAI,
INDIA, SOUTH AFRICA, CHINA, SYRIA], for…

122. Diagnostic Medicine
Prize
determining that acute appendicitis
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123. Diagnostic Medicine
Prize
determining that acute appendicitis
can be accurately diagnosed
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124. Diagnostic Medicine
Prize
determining that acute appendicitis
can be accurately diagnosed
by the amount of pain evident
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125. Diagnostic Medicine
Prize
determining that acute appendicitis
can be accurately diagnosed
by the amount of pain evident
when the patient is
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126. Diagnostic Medicine
Prize
determining that acute appendicitis
can be accurately diagnosed
by the amount of pain evident
when the patient is
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driven over speed bumps.

131. Ig® Nobel
Physiology and
Entomology Prize

132. Physiology and
Entomology Prize
Awarded jointly to Justin Schmidt
[USA, Canada], for

133. painstakingly creating
Physiology and
Entomology Prize

134. painstakingly creating
the Schmidt Sting Pain Index,
Physiology and
Entomology Prize

135. painstakingly creating
the Schmidt Sting Pain Index,
which rates
the relative pain people feel
Physiology and
Entomology Prize

136. painstakingly creating
the Schmidt Sting Pain Index,
which rates
the relative pain people feel
when stung by various insects, and…
Physiology and
Entomology Prize

137. and to
Michael L. Smith [USA, UK, THE
NETHERLANDS], for
Physiology and
Entomology Prize

138. carefully arranging for
honey bees to sting him repeatedly
on 25 different locations on his body,•

139. carefully arranging for
honey bees to sting him repeatedly
on 25 different locations on his body,
to learn which locations
are the least painful
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140. carefully arranging for
honey bees to sting him repeatedly
on 25 different locations on his body,
to learn which locations
are the least painful
(skull, middle toe tip, and upper arm),
•

141. carefully arranging for
honey bees to sting him repeatedly
on 25 different locations on his body,
to learn which locations
are the least painful
(skull, middle toe tip, and upper arm),
and to learn which locations
are the most painful
•

142. carefully arranging for
honey bees to sting him repeatedly
on 25 different locations on his body,
to learn which locations
are the least painful
(skull, middle toe tip, and upper arm),
and to learn which locations
are the most painful
(nostril, upper lip, and penis shaft).
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