The 2025 Ig Nobel Prizes honor garlicky babies, drunk bats, and more

The annual awards celebrate achievements that make us'laugh then think.' Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. In the weeks before the Nobel Prizes are announced, the scientific community gathers every year for something a little more lighthearted: The Ig Nobel Prizes. Awarded to "honor achievements so surprising that they make people LAUGH, then THINK," this year marks the 35th anniversary of the awards. These prestigious awards celebrate science's more unusual contributions, honor the imaginative, and perhaps most importantly, spur people's interest in science, medicine, and technology . This year's honorees brought us pizza-eating lizards, tipsy bats, nail growth, and more that all celebrate the joy and fun in asking any and all questions.