Akira Horiuchi (R) of Japan demonstrates the research that led to the Ig Nobel for Medical Education for his medical report "Colonoscopy in the Sitting Position: Lessons learned from Self-Colonoscopy" during the 28th First Annual Ig Nobel awards ceremony at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., September 13, 2018.
The Boston Squeezebox Ensemble welcomes the audience to the 28th First Annual Ig Nobel awards ceremony at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. September 13, 2018.
A teddy bear is released in memory of the late 1998 Ig Nobel Award winner Troy Hurtubise during the 28th First Annual Ig Nobel awards ceremony at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., September 13, 2018.
David Wartinger is interrupted by "Miss Sweetie Poo" Dorothea Hartig (R) while accepting the Ig Nobel prize for Medicine for "using roller coaster rides to try to hasten the passage of kidney stones" during the 28th First Annual Ig Nobel awards ceremony at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., September 13, 2018.
Master of Ceremonies Marc Abrahams takes the stage at the 28th First Annual Ig Nobel Awards ceremony at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., September 13, 2018.
Nobel Laureates (L-R) Eric Maskin (2007 Economics), Wolfgang Ketterle (2011 Physics) and Michael Rosbash (2017 Medicine) participate in the 28th First Annual Ig Nobel Awards ceremony at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., September 13, 2018.
Master of Ceremonies Marc Abrahams holds up an Ig Nobel prize at the 28th First Annual Ig Nobel Awards ceremony at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., September 13, 2018.
Akira Horiuchi (R) of Japan demonstrates the research that led to the Ig Nobel for Medical Education for his medical report "Colonoscopy in the Sitting Position: Lessons learned from Self-Colonoscopy" during the 28th First Annual Ig Nobel awards ceremony at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., September 13, 2018. REUTERS/Brian Snyder TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC13FF68EB50
Nobel Laureates (L-R) Eric Maskin (2007 Economics), Wolfgang Ketterle (2011 Physics) and Michael Rosbash (2017 Medicine) participate in the 28th First Annual Ig Nobel Awards ceremony at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., September 13, 2018. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
The whimsical Nobel Prizes
Bizarre scientific discoveries are celebrated at the annual Ig Nobel Prizes, awarded by the Annals of Improbable Research as a whimsical counterpart to the Nobel Prizes.
