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Illustration showing human head with hair swirl pattern and directional arrows indicating clockwise or counterclockwise rotation for Ig Nobel Prize research

Cartoon illustration of rat or mammal with oxygen absorption indication from rectum representing Ig Nobel Prize winning research on mammal rectal breathing

Meet Ig Nobel Prize — prestigious Nobel's cheeky cousin! "Ig" stands for "ignoble" (not honorable), celebrating weird-but-real science at Harvard/MIT. 2024 winners: hair swirls, mammal butt-breathing. Laughable research seeds innovation. First laugh, then think!

Jun 30, 2025

The Ig Nobel Prize celebrates science too absurd to ignore. Clockwise hair swirls. Butt-breathing rats. Real research, real prizes. Proof that even the weirdest ideas can win — because strange ideas spark smart innovation. #FirstLaughThenThink #DaisyMausi #IgNobelPrize #habitsforthinking

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