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Does alcohol enhance<\/span> one\u2019s foreign language fluency? Do West African lizards have a preferred pizza topping? And can painting cows with zebra stripes help repel biting flies? These and other unusual research questions were honored tonight in a virtual ceremony to announce the 2025 recipients of the annual Ig Nobel Prizes. Yes, it\u2019s that time of year again, when the serious and the silly converge\u2014for science.<\/p>\n

Established in 1991, the Ig Nobels are a good-natured parody<\/a> of the Nobel Prizes; they honor \u201cachievements that first make people laugh and then make them think.\u201d The unapologetically campy awards ceremony features miniature operas, scientific demos, and the 24\/7 lectures whereby experts must explain their work twice: once in 24 seconds and the second in just seven words.<\/p>\n

Acceptance speeches are limited to 60 seconds. And as the motto implies, the research being honored might seem ridiculous at first glance, but that doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s devoid of scientific merit.\u00a0In the weeks following the ceremony, the winners will also give free public talks, which will be posted on the Improbable Research website.<\/p>\n

Without further ado, here are the winners of the 2025 Ig Nobel prizes.<\/p>\n

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