From drunk worms to mammals that breath through their anuses, founder Marc Abrahams on the winners of this year's Ig Nobel prizes, for science that "makes people laugh, then think"

The Journal of Improbable Research announced this year's Ig Nobel Prize winners, including a team who researched mammals that breathe through their butts.

The world still holds many unanswered questions. But thanks to the efforts of the research teams awarded the IG Nobel Prize on Thursday, some of these questions – which you might not even have thought existed – now have answers.

From stuffing pigeons into missiles to discovering that animals can breathe through their anuses, the 2024 Ig Nobel Prize awards have no shortage of headline-grabbing studies. The ignoble Nobel prize The Ig Nobel Prize started in 1991 and aims to “honor achievements that first make people laugh,

Viewers can tune in for the usual 24/7 lectures, as well as the premiere of a "non-opera" featuring various songs about water, in keeping with the evening's theme. In the weeks following the ceremony, the winners will also give free public talks, which will be posted on the Improbable Research website.

The IG Nobel Prize ceremony recognized imaginative achievements in science, medicine, and technology. Notable studies included mammals breathing through their anuses and coin flip probabilities. The event featured quirky elements such as accordion music and paper airplane deluges.

Mammals that can breathe through their backsides, homing pigeons that can guide missiles and sober worms that outpace drunk ones: these are some of the strange scientific discoveries that won this year's Ig Nobels,

Mad science award ceremony returns to MIT after four years online With less than a month to go before the Nobel Prizes are handed out for the most worthy scientific discoveries of the preceding year,