Say Hello to the 2025 Ig Nobel Prize Winners

The Ig Nobel Prizes, a parody of the Nobel Prizes, are awarded every year to honor achievements that make people laugh, and then think. And this year’s winners did not disappoint!

First up, we have the winner in the Physics category: a team of researchers who discovered that cats can be both a liquid and a solid, depending on the container they are in. This groundbreaking research is sure to have cat lovers everywhere scratching their heads.

Next, in the Chemistry category, we have a group of scientists who developed a method to extract vanilla flavoring from cow dung. Yes, you read that correctly. Who knew that poop could taste so good?

In the Peace category, the winner is an international team of diplomats who successfully negotiated a treaty to end all wars by simply banning the color red. The logic behind this decision is still a bit unclear, but hey, if it works, who are we to question it?

And finally, in the Literature category, the award goes to a prolific author who published an entire novel without using the letter “e”. A true literary feat that has left grammar nerds everywhere scratching their heads in amazement.

Congratulations to all of this year’s Ig Nobel Prize winners! Your achievements may be quirky, but they have certainly left us all entertained and enlightened.