Rich people more likely to steal children’s sweets, finds Ig Nobel prize-winning study - short news
We round up this year’s winners at awards for achievements that ‘first make people laugh and then make them think’
It’s that time of year again: a select group of scientists have been summoned to a ceremony to receive coveted prizes, be showered in paper planes, and leave with a 10tn dollar bill, albeit in the form of a phased-out note from Zimbabwe. It is, of course, the annual Ig Nobel awards.
Not to be confused with the more prestigious and career-changing Nobel..
source: The Guardian - 03.09.2026