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This is a '''list of [[Ig Nobel Prize]] winners''' from 1991 to the present day.
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A [[parody]] of the [[Nobel Prize]]s, the Ig Nobel Prizes are given each year in early October—around the time the recipients of the genuine Nobel Prizes are announced—for ten achievements that "first make people laugh, and then make them think." Commenting on the 2006 awards, Marc Abrahams, editor of [[Annals of Improbable Research]], co-sponsor of the awards, said: "The prizes are intended to celebrate the unusual, honour the imaginative – and spur people's interest in science, medicine and technology."<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5411816.stm | work=BBC News | title=Teen repellent is Ig Nobel winner | date=2006-10-06 | accessdate=2010-05-08}}</ref> All prizes are awarded for real achievements (except for three in 1991 and one in 1994 due to an erroneous press release).
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* '''Biology''' – [[Robert Klark Graham]], selector of seeds and prophet of propagation, for his pioneering development of the [[Repository for Germinal Choice]], a sperm bank that accepts donations only from [[List of Nobel laureates|Nobellians]] and [[Olympic Games|Olympians]].
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* '''Chemistry''' – [[Jacques Benveniste]], prolific [[proselytizer]] and dedicated correspondent of ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]],'' for his persistent discovery that water, [[Water (molecule)|H<sub>2</sub>O]], is an intelligent liquid, and for demonstrating to his satisfaction that water is able to remember events long after all traces of those events have vanished (see [[water memory]], his proposed explanation for [[homeopathy]]).
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* '''Economics''' – [[Michael Milken]], titan of Wall Street and father of the [[junk bond]], to whom the world is indebted.
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* '''Education''' – [[Dan Quayle|J. Danforth Quayle]], consumer of time and occupier of space (as well as the [[U.S. Vice President]] from 1989–93), for demonstrating, better than anyone else, the need for science education.
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* '''Literature''' – [[Erich von Däniken]], visionary raconteur and author of ''[[Chariots of the Gods?]]'', for explaining how human civilization was influenced by [[ancient astronauts]] from outer space.
* '''Medicine''' – Alan Kligerman, deviser of digestive deliverance, vanquisher of vapor, and inventor of [[Beano (dietary supplement)|Beano]], for his pioneering work with anti-gas liquids that prevent bloat, gassiness, discomfort and embarrassment.
* '''Peace''' – [[Edward Teller]], father of the [[hydrogen bomb]] and first champion of the [[Strategic Defense Initiative|Star Wars weapons system]], for his lifelong efforts to change the meaning of peace as we know it.

===Apocryphal achievements===
The first nomination also featured three fictional recipients for fictional achievements.<ref>[http://tech.mit.edu/V111/N40/ignobe.40n.html Ig Nobel prizes debut], ''[[The Tech (newspaper)|The Tech]]''</ref>
* '''Interdisciplinary research''': [[Josiah S. Carberry]], for his work in [[psychoceramics]], the study of "[[crackpot (person)|cracked pots]]."
* '''Pedestrian technology''': [[Paul DeFanti]], "wizard of structures and crusader for public safety, for his invention of the [[Buckyballs|Buckybonnet]], a [[geodesic]] fashion structure that pedestrians wear to protect their heads and preserve their composure".
* '''Physics''': Thomas Kyle, for his discovery of "the heaviest element in the universe, [[Administratium]]".

==1992==
* '''Archaeology''' – [[Eclaireurs de France]] (a French Scouting organization)<!--Only Eclaireurs de France doesn't use a descriptive word. Note that Eclaireurs in Eclaireurs de France is capitalized in reference -->, removers of [[graffiti]], for damaging the prehistoric paintings of two [[Bison]]s in the [[Cave of Mayrière supérieure]] near the French village of [[Bruniquel]].<ref>[http://presse.ffspeleo.fr/article.php3?id_article=77 Dans la seule grotte peinte du Tarn-et-Garonne : des victimes d’un excès de zèle, Le Monde; March 24, 1992]</ref>
* '''Art''' – Presented jointly to Jim Knowlton, modern [[Polymath|Renaissance man]], for his classic anatomy poster "Penises of the Animal Kingdom," and to the U.S. [[National Endowment for the Arts]], for encouraging Mr. Knowlton to extend his work in the form of a pop-up book.
* '''Biology''' – [[Cecil Jacobson|Dr. Cecil Jacobson]], relentlessly generous sperm donor, and prolific patriarch of sperm banking, for devising a simple, single-handed method of quality control.
* '''Chemistry''' – Ivette Bassa, constructor of colourful [[colloid]]s, for her role in the crowning achievement of twentieth century chemistry, the synthesis of bright blue [[Jell-O]].
* '''Economics''' – The investors of [[Lloyd's of London]], heirs to 300 years of dull prudent management, for their bold attempt to insure disaster by refusing to pay for their company's losses.
* '''Literature''' – [[:ru:Стручков, Юрий Тимофеевич|
Yuri Struchkov]],<ref>[http://www.iucr.org/iucr-top/people/struchko.htm (IUCr) Crystallographers – Yuri Timofeevich Struchkov (1926–1995) – Obituary<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> unstoppable author from the [[Institute of Organoelement Compounds]]<ref>[http://www.ineos.ac.ru/eng/home.html Home<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> in [[Moscow]], for the 948 scientific papers he published between the years [[1981]] and [[1990]], averaging more than one every 3.9 days.
* '''Medicine''' – F. Kanda, E. Yagi, M. Fukuda, K. Nakajima, T. Ohta, and O. Nakata of the [[Shiseido]] Research Center in [[Yokohama]], for their pioneering research study "Elucidation of Chemical Compounds Responsible for Foot Malodour," especially for their conclusion that people who think they have [[foot odor]] do, and those who don't, don't.<ref>{{cite pmid| 2369557}}</ref>
* '''Nutrition''' – The utilizers of [[Spam (food)|SPAM]], courageous consumers of canned comestibles, for 54 years of undiscriminating digestion.
* '''Peace''' – [[Daryl Gates]], former police chief of the City of [[Los Angeles]], for his uniquely compelling methods of [[1992 Los Angeles riots|bringing people together]].
* '''Physics''' – David Chorley and Doug Bower, lions of low-energy physics, for their circular contributions to field theory based on the [[crop circle|geometrical destruction of English crops]].

==1993==
* '''Biology''' – Presented jointly to Paul Williams Jr. of the Oregon State Health Division and Kenneth W. Newel of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, bold biological detectives, for their pioneering study, "Salmonella Excretion in Joy-Riding Pigs".<ref>{{cite pmid|5462567}}</ref>
* '''Chemistry''' – Presented jointly to [[James Campbell (scent strip)|James Campbell]] and Gaines Campbell of [[Lookout Mountain, Tennessee]], dedicated deliverers of fragrance, for inventing scent strips, the odious method by which perfume is applied to [[magazine]] pages.
* '''Consumer Engineering''' – Presented to [[Ron Popeil]], incessant [[inventor]] and perpetual pitchman of [[infomercials|late night television]], for redefining the industrial revolution with such devices as the [[Veg-O-Matic]], the Pocket Fisherman, Mr. Microphone, and the Inside-the-Shell Egg Scrambler.
* '''Economics''' – Presented to [[Ravi Batra]] of [[Southern Methodist University]], shrewd economist and best-selling author of ''The Great Depression of 1990'' (ISBN 978-0-440-20168-7) and ''Surviving the Great Depression of 1990,'' (ISBN 978-0-671-66324-7) for selling enough copies of his books to single-handedly prevent [[Depression (economics)|worldwide economic collapse]].
* '''Literature''' – Presented to T. Morrison,E. Topol, R. Califf, F. Van de Werf, P. W. Armstrong, and their 972 co-authors,<ref>{{Cite doi|10.1056/NEJM199309023291001}}</ref> for publishing a medical research paper which has one hundred times as many authors as pages. The authors are from the following countries: [[Australia]], [[Belgium]], [[Canada]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], [[Israel]], [[Luxembourg]], the [[Netherlands]], [[New Zealand]], [[Poland]], [[Spain]], [[Switzerland]], the [[United Kingdom]], and the [[United States]].
* '''Mathematics''' – Presented to [[Robert W. Faid]] of [[Greenville, South Carolina]], farsighted and faithful seer of statistics, for calculating the exact odds (710,609,175,188,282,000 to 1) that [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] is the [[Antichrist]].<ref>'''Gorbachev! Has the Real Antichrist Come?'''(ISBN 978-0-932081-19-3)</ref>
* '''Medicine''' – Presented to James F. Nolan, Thomas J. Stillwell, and John P. Sands, Jr., medical men of mercy, for their painstaking research report, "Acute Management of the Zipper-Entrapped Penis".<ref>{{cite pmid|2373840}}</ref>
* '''Peace''' – The [[Pepsi-Cola]] Company of the Philippines, for sponsoring a contest to create a [[millionaire]], and then announcing the wrong winning number, thereby inciting and uniting 800,000 riotously expectant winners, and bringing many warring factions together for the first time in their nation's history.<ref>[http://www.pepsi349.com/ Coalition for Consumer protection & Welfare, Inc.]</ref><!--Not neutral, but reference used on Ig Nobel site-->
* '''Physics''' – Presented to [[Corentin Louis Kervran]] of France, ardent admirer of [[alchemy]], for his conclusion that the calcium in chickens' eggshells is created by a process of [[cold fusion]].<ref>'''Biological Transformations''' ISBN 978-0-916508-47-0</ref>
* '''Psychology''' – Presented jointly to [[John Edward Mack]] of [[Harvard Medical School]] and [[David M. Jacobs]] of [[Temple University]], for their conclusion that people who believe they were [[abduction phenomenon|kidnapped by aliens from outer space]], probably were—and especially for their conclusion, "the focus of the abduction is the production of children".<ref>'''Secret Life: Firsthand, Documented Accounts of UFO Abductions''' (ISBN 978-0-671-79720-1)</ref>
* '''Visionary Technology''' – Presented jointly to Jay Schiffman of [[Farmington Hills, Michigan]], crack inventor of AutoVision, an image projection device that makes it possible to drive a [[automobile|car]] and watch [[television]] at the same time, and to the [[Michigan State Legislature]], for making it legal to do so.

==1994==
* '''Biology''' – Presented to W. Brian Sweeney, Brian Krafte-Jacobs, Jeffrey W. Britton, and Wayne Hansen, for their breakthrough study, "The Constipated Serviceman: Prevalence Among Deployed US Troops," and especially for their numerical analysis of [[bowel movement]] frequency.<ref>{{cite pmid|8414078}}</ref>
* '''Chemistry''' – Presented to [[Texas State Senate|Texas State Senator]] [[Bob Glasgow]], wise writer of logical legislation, for sponsoring the 1989 drug control law which makes it illegal to purchase [[Beaker (glassware)|beakers]], [[Laboratory flask|flasks]], [[test tube]]s, or other [[laboratory glassware]] without a permit.
* '''Economics''' – Presented to [[Juan Pablo Dávila]] of [[Chile]], tireless trader of financial futures and former employee of the state-owned company [[Codelco]], for instructing his [[computer]] to "buy" when he meant "sell". He subsequently attempted to recoup his losses by making increasingly unprofitable trades that ultimately lost 0.5 percent of Chile's [[gross national product]]. Davila's relentless achievement inspired his countrymen to coin a new verb, "[[wikt:davilar|davilar]]", meaning "to botch things up royally".
* '''Entomology''' – Presented to Robert A. Lopez of [[Westport, NY]], valiant [[veterinarian]] and friend of all creatures great and small, for his series of experiments in obtaining ear mites from [[cat]]s, inserting them into his own ear, and carefully observing and analyzing the results.<ref>{{cite pmid|8407518}}</ref>
* '''Literature''' – Presented to [[L. Ron Hubbard]], ardent [[author]] of [[science fiction]] and founding father of [[Scientology]], for his crackling Good Book, ''[[Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health|Dianetics]]'', which is highly profitable to mankind, or to a portion thereof.
* '''Mathematics''' – Presented to The [[Southern Baptist Convention|Southern Baptist]] Church of [[Alabama]], mathematical measurers of [[morality]], for their county-by-county estimate of how many Alabama citizens will go to [[Hell]] if they don't repent.
* '''Medicine''' – Two prizes. First, to Patient X, formerly of the [[US Marine Corps]], valiant victim of a venomous bite from his pet [[rattlesnake]], for his determined use of [[electroshock therapy]]. At his own insistence, automobile [[spark plug]] wires were attached to his lip, and the car engine revved to 3,000 rpm for five minutes. Second, to Dr. Richard C. Dart of the Rocky Mountain Poison Center and Dr. Richard A. Gustafson of The [[University of Arizona]] Health Sciences Center, for their well-grounded medical report, "Failure of Electric Shock Treatment for Rattlesnake Envenomation."<ref>{{cite doi|10.1016/S0196-0644(05)82389-3}}</ref>
* '''Peace''' – Presented to [[John Hagelin]] of [[Maharishi University of Management|Maharishi University]] and The Institute of Science, Technology and Public Policy, for his experimental conclusion that 4,000 trained meditators caused an 18 percent decrease in violent crime in [[Washington, D.C.]].<ref>[http://istpp.org/crime_prevention/ Crime Prevention]</ref>
* '''Psychology''' – Presented to [[Lee Kuan Yew]], former [[Prime Minister of Singapore]], for his thirty-year study of the effects of punishing three million citizens of [[Singapore]] whenever they spat, chewed gum, or fed pigeons.

===Apocryphal achievements, no longer officially listed===
* '''Physics''' – Presented to The [[Japanese Meteorological Agency]], for its seven-year study of whether [[earthquakes]] are caused by [[catfish]] wiggling their tails. This winner is not officially listed, as it was based on what turned out to be erroneous press accounts.

==1995==
* '''Chemistry''' – Presented to [[Bijan Pakzad]] of [[Beverly Hills]], for creating DNA Cologne and DNA Perfume, neither of which contain [[deoxyribonucleic acid]], and both of which come in a triple helix bottle.
* '''Dentistry''' – Presented to Robert H. Beaumont, of [[Shoreview, Minnesota]], for his incisive study "Patient Preference for Waxed or Unwaxed Dental Floss."<ref>{{cite pmid|2313529}}</ref>
* '''Economics''' – Presented jointly to [[Nick Leeson]] and his superiors at [[Barings Bank]] and to [[Robert Citron]] of [[Orange County, California]] for using the [[calculus]] of [[Derivative (finance)|derivatives]] to demonstrate that every financial institution has its limits.
* '''Literature''' – Presented to David B. Busch and James R. Starling, of [[Madison, Wisconsin]], for their research report, "[[Rectal foreign body|Rectal Foreign Bodies]]: Case Reports and a Comprehensive Review of the World's Literature." The citations include reports of, among other items: seven [[light bulb]]s; a knife sharpener; two [[flashlight]]s; a wire spring; a snuff box; an oil can with [[potato]] stopper; eleven different forms of [[fruits]], [[vegetables]] and other foodstuffs; a jeweler's saw; a frozen [[pig]]'s tail; a tin cup; a [[beer]] glass; and one patient's remarkable ensemble collection consisting of [[spectacles]], a [[suitcase]] key, a [[tobacco]] pouch and a [[magazine]].<ref>{{cite pmid|3738771}}</ref>
* '''Medicine''' – Presented to Marcia E. Buebel, David S. Shannahoff-Khalsa, and Michael R. Boyle, for their study entitled "The Effects of Unilateral Forced Nostril Breathing on Cognition."<ref>{{cite pmid|1938166}}</ref>
* '''Nutrition''' – Presented to John Martinez of J. Martinez & Company in [[Atlanta]], for [[Kopi Luwak|Luak Coffee]], the world's most expensive [[coffee]], which is made from coffee beans ingested and excreted by the [[luak]], a bobcat-like animal native to [[Indonesia]].
* '''Peace''' – Presented to the [[Legislative Yuan|Taiwan National Parliament]], for demonstrating that [[politicians]] gain more by [[Legislative violence#Taiwan|punching, kicking and gouging each other]] than by waging war against other nations.
* '''Physics''' – Presented to Dominique M.R. Georget, R. Parker, and Andrew C. Smith of [[Norwich, England]], for their rigorous analysis of soggy [[breakfast cereal]]. It was published in the report entitled "A Study of the Effects of Water Content on the Compaction Behaviour of Breakfast Cereal Flakes."<ref>{{cite doi|10.1016/0032-5910(94)02882-6}}</ref>
* '''Psychology''' – Presented to Shigeru Watanabe, Junko Sakamoto, and Masumi Wakita, of [[Keio University]], for their success in training [[pigeons]] to discriminate between the paintings of [[Picasso]] and those of [[Monet]].<ref>{{cite doi|10.1901/jeab.1995.63-165}}</ref>
* '''Public Health''' – Presented to Martha Kold Bakkevig of Sintef Unimed in [[Trondheim]], [[Norway]], and Ruth Nielsen of the [[Technical University of Denmark]], for their exhaustive study, "Impact of Wet Underwear on Thermoregulatory Responses and Thermal Comfort in the Cold."<ref>{{cite doi|10.1080/00140139408964916}}</ref>

==1996==
* '''Art''' – Presented to [[Donald Featherstone (artist)|Don Featherstone]] of [[Fitchburg, Massachusetts]], for his ornamentally evolutionary invention, the [[Plastic flamingo|plastic pink flamingo]]. Featherstone was the first Ig Nobel Prize winner to appear in person at the awards ceremony to accept the award.<ref>The Original Pink Flamingos: Splendor on the Grass (ISBN 978-0-7643-0963-2)</ref>
* '''Biodiversity''' – Presented to [[Chonosuke Okamura]] of the Okamura Fossil Laboratory in [[Nagoya, Japan]], for discovering the fossils of [[dinosaur]]s, [[horse]]s, [[dragon]]s, and more than one thousand other extinct "mini-species", each of which is less than 0.25&nbsp;mm in length.
* '''Biology''' – Presented jointly to Anders Barheim and Hogne Sandvik of the [[University of Bergen]], Norway, for their report, "Effect of Ale, Garlic, and Soured Cream on the Appetite of Leeches."<ref>{{cite pmid|7819987}}</ref>
* '''Chemistry''' – Presented to [[George H. Goble|George Goble]] of [[Purdue University]], for his blistering world record time for igniting a barbecue grill: three seconds, using [[charcoal]] and [[liquid oxygen]].<ref>YouTube video, showing the world record [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sab2Ltm1WcM BBQ igniting]</ref>
* '''Economics''' – Presented to Dr. Robert J. Genco of the [[University at Buffalo, The State University of New York|University at Buffalo]] for his discovery that "financial strain is a risk indicator for destructive periodontal disease."<ref>{{cite doi|10.1902/jop.1999.70.7.711}}</ref>
* '''Literature''' – Presented to the editors of the journal ''Social Text'' for eagerly publishing meaningless research that they could not understand, which claimed that reality does not exist. (See [[Sokal Affair]] for details).
* '''Medicine''' – Presented to [[James Johnston (tobacco)|James Johnston]] of [[R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company|R.J. Reynolds]], [[Joseph Taddeo]] of [[US Smokeless Tobacco|U.S. Tobacco]], [[Andrew Tisch]] of [[Lorillard Tobacco Company|Lorillard]], [[William Campbell (tobacco)|William Campbell]] of [[Altria Group|Philip Morris]], [[Edward A. Horrigan, Jr.|Edward A. Horrigan]] of [[Liggett Group]], [[Donald S. Johnston]] of [[American Tobacco Company]], and [[Thomas E. Sandefur, Jr.]], chairman of [[Brown & Williamson|Brown and Williamson Tobacco Company]], for their unshakable discovery, as testified to the [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]], that [[nicotine]] is not addictive.
* '''Peace''' – Presented to [[Jacques Chirac]], [[President of France]], for commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of [[Hiroshima]] with [[atomic bomb]] tests in the Pacific.
* '''Physics''' – Presented to [[Robert Matthews (scientist)|Robert Matthews]] of [[Aston University]], England, for his studies of [[Murphy's Law]], and especially for demonstrating that toast often falls on the buttered side.<ref>{{cite doi|10.1088/0143-0807/16/4/005}}</ref>
* '''Public Health''' – Presented to Ellen Kleist of [[Nuuk, Greenland]] and Harald Moi of [[Oslo]], [[Norway]], for their cautionary medical report "Transmission of Gonorrhea Through an Inflatable Doll."<ref>{{cite pmid|7721299}}</ref>

==1997==
* '''Astronomy''' – Presented to [[Richard C. Hoagland]] of [[New Jersey]], for identifying artificial features on [[Moon|the moon]] and on [[Mars]], including a human [[face on Mars]] and ten-mile high buildings on the far side of the moon.<ref>''The Monuments of Mars: A City on the Edge of Forever'' (ISBN 978-1-883319-30-4)</ref>
* '''Biology''' – Presented to T. Yagyu and his colleagues from the University Hospital of [[Zurich]], [[Switzerland]], the Kansai Medical University in [[Osaka]], [[Japan]], and the Neuroscience Technology Research in [[Prague]], [[Czech Republic]], for measuring people's brainwave patterns while they chewed different flavors of [[bubble gum|gum]].<ref>{{cite doi|10.3109/00207459808986426}}</ref>
* '''Communications''' – Presented to [[Sanford Wallace]], president of Cyber Promotions of [[Philadelphia]]. Nothing has stopped this self-appointed courier from delivering [[E-mail spam|electronic junk mail]] to all the world.
* '''Economics''' – Presented to Akihiro Yokoi of Wiz Company in [[Chiba Prefecture|Chiba]], [[Japan]], and Aki Maita of [[Bandai]] Company in [[Tokyo]], for diverting millions of man-hours of work into the husbandry of [[virtual pets]].
* '''Entomology''' – Presented to Mark Hostetler of the [[University of Florida]], for his book, ''That Gunk on Your Car,'' (ISBN 978-0-89815-961-5) which identifies the insect splats that appear on [[automobile]] windows.
* '''Literature''' – Presented to Doron Witztum, [[Eliyahu Rips]], and Yoav Rosenberg of [[Israel]], and to Michael Drosnin of the [[United States]], for their statistical discovery that the [[Bible]] contains a [[Bible Code|secret, hidden code]].<ref>{{cite doi|10.1214/ss/1177010393}}</ref>
* '''Medicine''' – Presented to Carl J. Charnetski and Francis X. Brennan, Jr. of [[Wilkes University]], and James F. Harrison of [[Muzak]] Ltd. in [[Seattle|Seattle, Washington]], for their discovery that listening to [[Elevator music|Muzak]] stimulates immunity system production and thus may help prevent the [[common cold]].<ref>{{cite pmid|10052073}}</ref>
* '''Meteorology''' – Presented to [[Bernard Vonnegut]] of the [[University at Albany, SUNY|State University of New York at Albany]], for his report, "Chicken Plucking as Measure of Tornado Wind Speed."<ref>{{cite doi|10.1080/00431672.1975.9931768}}</ref>
* '''Peace''' – Presented to [[Harold Hillman]] of the [[University of Surrey]], England, for his report "The Possible Pain Experienced During Execution by Different Methods."<ref>{{cite doi|10.1068/p220745}}</ref>
* '''Physics''' – Presented to [[John Bockris]] of [[Texas A&M University]], for his achievements in [[cold fusion]], in the transmutation of base elements into gold, and in the electrochemical incineration of domestic rubbish.

==1998==
* '''Chemistry''' – Presented to [[Jacques Benveniste]] of France, for his [[homeopathy|homeopathic]] discovery that not only does [[water]] have [[memory]], but that the information can be transmitted over [[telephone line]]s and the [[Internet]].<ref>J. Benveniste; P. Jurgens, W. Hsueh and J. Aissa (February 21–26, 1997). "Transatlantic Transfer of Digitized Antigen Signal by Telephone Link". Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.</ref>
* '''Biology''' – Presented to Peter Fong of [[Gettysburg College]], [[Gettysburg, Pennsylvania]], for contributing to the happiness of [[clams]] by giving them [[Prozac]].<ref>{{cite pmid|9472482}}</ref>
* '''Economics''' – Presented to Richard Seed of [[Chicago]] for his efforts to stoke up the world economy by [[cloning]] himself and other [[human being]]s.<ref>[http://www.humancloning.org/seed.htm Richard Seed]</ref>
* '''Literature''' – Presented to Dr. Mara Sidoli of [[Washington, D.C.|Washington, DC]], for her illuminating report, "Farting as a Defence Against Unspeakable Dread".<ref>{{cite doi|10.1111/j.1465-5922.1996.00165.x}}</ref>
* '''Medicine''' – Presented to Patient Y and to his doctors, Caroline Mills, Meirion Llewelyn, David Kelly, and Peter Holt, of [[Royal Gwent Hospital]], in [[Newport]] for the cautionary medical report, "A Man Who Pricked His Finger and Smelled Putrid for 5 Years."<ref>{{cite doi|10.1016/S0140-6736(96)06408-2}}</ref>
* '''Peace''' – Presented to [[Prime Minister of India]], [[Atal Behari Vajpayee|Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] and [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]], [[Nawaz Sharif]], for their aggressively peaceful detonations of [[atomic bomb]]s.
* '''Physics''' – Presented to [[Deepak Chopra]] of The Chopra Center for Well Being, [[La Jolla|La Jolla, California]], for his unique interpretation of [[quantum physics]] as it applies to life, liberty, and the pursuit of economic happiness.<ref>''Quantum Healing: Exploring the Frontiers of Mind/Body Medicine'' (ISBN 978-0-553-34869-9) et al</ref>
* '''Safety Engineering''' – Presented to [[Troy Hurtubise]], of [[North Bay, Ontario]], for developing and personally testing a suit of armor that is impervious to [[grizzly bears]].
* '''Science Education''' – Presented to Dolores Krieger, [[Professor]] Emerita, [[New York University]], for demonstrating the merits of [[therapeutic touch]], a method by which nurses manipulate the energy fields of ailing [[patients]] by carefully avoiding physical contact with those patients.
* '''Statistics''' – Presented to Jerald Bain of Mt. Sinai Hospital in [[Toronto]] and Kerry Siminoski of the [[University of Alberta]], for their carefully measured report, "The Relationship Among Height, Penile Length, and Foot Size".<ref>{{cite doi|10.1007/BF00849563}}</ref>

==1999==
* '''Biology''' – Presented to Dr. Paul Bosland, director of The Chile Pepper Institute, [[New Mexico State University]], [[Las Cruces, New Mexico]], for breeding a spiceless [[jalapeño]] [[chili pepper]].
* '''Chemistry''' – Presented to Takeshi Makino, president of The Safety Detective Agency in Osaka, Japan, for his involvement with S-Check, an infidelity detection spray that wives can apply to their husbands' [[underwear]].
* '''Environmental Protection''' – Presented to Hyuk-ho Kwon of Kolon Company of [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]], for inventing the self-perfuming [[business suit]].
* '''Literature''' – Presented to the [[British Standards Institution]] for its six-page specification ([[BS 6008]]) of the proper way to make a cup of [[tea]].
* '''Managed Health Care''' – Presented to George Blonsky and Charlotte Blonsky of [[New York City]] and [[San Jose, California]], for inventing a device ({{US patent|3216423}}) to aid women in giving birth: the woman is strapped onto a circular table, and the table is then rotated at high speed.
* '''Medicine''' – Presented to Dr. [[Arvid Vatle]] of [[Stord]], [[Norway]], for carefully collecting, classifying, and contemplating which kinds of containers his patients chose when submitting [[urine]] samples.
* '''Peace''' – Presented to Charl Fourie and Michelle Wong of [[Johannesburg]], [[South Africa]], for inventing the [[Blaster (flamethrower)|Blaster]], a foot-pedal activated [[flamethrower]] that motorists can use against [[carjacking|carjackers]].
* '''Physics''' – Presented to Dr. Len Fisher of [[Bath, England]] and [[Sydney, Australia]] for calculating the optimal way to dunk a [[biscuit]].<ref>''How to Dunk a Doughnut: Using Science in Everyday Life'' (ISBN 978-0-297-60756-4)</ref> Also, to Professor Jean-Marc Vanden-Broeck of the [[University of East Anglia]], England, and Belgium, for calculating how to make a [[teapot]] spout that does not drip.<ref>{{cite doi|10.1038/17203}}</ref>
* '''Science Education''' – Presented to the [[Kansas State Board of Education]] and the [[Colorado State Board of Education]], for mandating that [[Kansas evolution hearings|children should not believe]] in [[Darwin's theory of evolution]] any more than they believe in Newton's [[theory of gravitation]], [[Michael Faraday|Faraday]]'s and [[James Clerk Maxwell|Maxwell]]'s theory of [[electromagnetism]], or [[Louis Pasteur|Pasteur]]'s theory that [[Germ cell|germs]] cause [[disease]].
* '''Sociology''' – Presented to Steve Penfold, of [[York University]] in [[Toronto]], for doing his Ph.D. thesis on the history of [[Canada|Canadian]] [[doughnut]] shops.<ref>[http://www.yorku.ca/gradhist/students/former/students_P.html Former Students – P]</ref>

==2000==
* '''Biology''' – Presented to [[Richard Wassersug]] of [[Dalhousie University]], for his firsthand report, "On the Comparative Palatability of Some Dry-Season [[Tadpole]]s from [[Costa Rica]]".<ref>[http://www.jstor.org/pss/2423690 "On the Comparative Palatability of Some Dry-Season Tadpoles from Costa Rica"]</ref>
* '''Chemistry''' – Presented to Donatella Marazziti, Alessandra Rossi, and Giovanni B. Cassano of the [[University of Pisa]], [[Italy]], and Hagop S. Akiskal of the [[University of California, San Diego]], for their discovery that, biochemically, romantic love may be indistinguishable from having severe [[obsessive-compulsive disorder]].<ref>{{cite doi|10.1017/S0033291798007946}}</ref>
* '''Computer Science''' – Presented to Chris Niswander of [[Tucson, Arizona]], for inventing [http://www.bitboost.com/pawsense/ PawSense], software that detects when a [[cat]] is walking across your [[computer keyboard]].
* '''Economics''' – Presented to The Reverend [[Sun Myung Moon]], for bringing efficiency and steady growth to the [[mass marriage]] industry, with, according to his reports, a 36-couple wedding in 1960, a 430-couple wedding in 1968, an 1800-couple wedding in 1975, a 6000-couple wedding in 1982, a 30,000-couple wedding in 1992, a 360,000-couple wedding in 1995, and a 36,000,000-couple wedding in 1997.
* '''Literature''' – Presented to [[Jasmuheen]] (formerly known as [[Ellen Greve]]) of [[Australia]], first lady of [[Breatharianism]], for her book ''Living on Light,'' (ISBN 978-3-929512-35-9) which explains that although some people do eat food, they don't ever really need to.
* '''Medicine''' – Presented to Willibrord Weijmar Schultz, Pek van Andel, and Eduard Mooyaart of [[Groningen (city)|Groningen]], the [[Netherlands]], and Ida Sabelis of [[Amsterdam]], for their illuminating report "Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Male and Female Genitals During Coitus and Female Sexual Arousal."<ref>{{cite pmid|10600954}}</ref>
* '''Peace''' – Presented to The [[Royal Navy]], for ordering its sailors to stop using live [[cannon]] shells, and to instead just shout "Bang!"<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/757788.stm Shell ban under fire]</ref>
* '''Physics''' – Presented to [[Andre Geim]] of the [[University of Nijmegen]], the Netherlands, and [[Michael Berry (physicist)|Michael Berry]] of [[Bristol University]], [[England]], for using [[magnets]] to levitate a [[frog]].<ref>{{cite doi|10.1088/0143-0807/18/4/012}}</ref> Geim later shared the 2010 Nobel Prize in physics for his research on graphene, the first time anyone has been awarded both the Ig Nobel and (real) Nobel Prizes.
* '''Psychology''' – Presented to David Dunning of [[Cornell University]] and Justin Kruger of the [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign|University of Illinois]], for their modest report, "[[Illusory superiority|Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments]]".<ref>{{cite pmid|10626367}}</ref>
* '''Public Health''' – Presented to Jonathan Wyatt, Gordon McNaughton, and William Tullet of [[Glasgow]], for their alarming report, "The [[Toilet-related injury|Collapse of Toilets]] in Glasgow".<ref>{{cite pmid|8146638}}</ref>

==2001==
* '''Astrophysics''' – Presented to [[Jack Van Impe]] and Rexella Van Impe of Jack Van Impe Ministries, [[Rochester Hills, Michigan]], for their discovery that [[black hole]]s fulfill all the technical requirements for the location of [[Hell]].
* '''Biology''' – Presented to Buck Weimer of [[Pueblo, Colorado]] for inventing [http://www.under-tec.com/testimonials.php Under-Ease], airtight underwear with a replaceable [[charcoal]] filter that removes [[Flatulence|bad-smelling gases]] before they escape.
* '''Economics''' – Presented to [[Joel Slemrod]], of the [[University of Michigan]] Business School, and [[Wojciech Kopczuk]], of the [[University of British Columbia]], for their conclusion that people find a way to postpone their deaths if that would qualify them for a lower rate on the [[inheritance tax]].<ref>{{cite doi|10.1162/003465303765299783}}</ref>
* '''Literature''' – Presented to John Richards of [[Boston, Lincolnshire|Boston, England]], founder of the [[Apostrophe Protection Society]], for his efforts to protect, promote, and defend the differences between the [[plural]] and the [[possessive]].
* '''Medicine''' – Presented to [http://www.fmhs.uaeu.ac.ae/cmd/Barss.htm Peter Barss] of [[McGill University]], [[Canada]], for his impactful medical report "Injuries Due to Falling Coconuts".<ref>{{cite pmid|6502774}}</ref>
* '''Peace''' – Presented to Viliumas Malinauskas of Grūtas, [[Lithuania]], for creating the [[amusement park]] known as "[[Grūtas Park|Stalin World]]".
* '''Physics''' – Presented to David Schmidt of the [[University of Massachusetts Amherst|University of Massachusetts]], for his partial explanation of the [[shower-curtain effect]]: a [[shower curtain]] tends to billow inwards while a shower is being taken.<ref>{{cite news|title=How to Avoid Being Attacked in the Shower|author= Anthony Ramirez|date=July 15, 2001|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/15/weekinreview/15RAMI.html|accessdate=October 4, 2010|work=The New York Times}}</ref>
* '''Psychology''' – Presented to Lawrence W. Sherman of [[Miami University]], Ohio, for his influential research report "An Ecological Study of [[Happiness|Glee]] in Small Groups of [[Preschool]] Children".<ref>{{cite pmid|1132281}}</ref>
* '''Public Health''' – Presented to Chittaranjan Andrade and B.S. Srihari of the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, [[Bangalore]], [[India]], for their probing medical discovery that [[nose picking]] is a common activity among [[adolescent]]s.<ref>{{cite pmid|11465519}}</ref>
* '''Technology''' – Presented jointly to John Keogh of [[Hawthorn, Victoria]], [[Australia]], for [[patent]]ing the wheel in the year 2001, and to the Australian Patent Office ([[IP Australia]]) for granting him [http://www.ipmenu.com/archive/AUI_2001100012.pdf Innovation Patent #2001100012]

==2002==
* '''Biology''' – Presented to Norma E. Bubier, Charles G.M. Paxton, Phil Bowers, and D. Charles Deeming of the [[United Kingdom]], for their report "Courtship Behaviour of [[Ostrich]]es Towards Humans Under Farming Conditions in Britain".<ref>{{cite doi|10.1080/00071669888629}}</ref>
* '''Chemistry''' – Presented to [[Theodore Gray]] of [[Wolfram Research]], in [[Champaign, Illinois]], for gathering many elements of the [[periodic table]], and assembling them into the form of a four-legged periodic [[Table (information)|table]] [[Table (furniture)|table]].
* '''Economics''' – Presented to the executives, corporate directors, and auditors of [[Enron]], [[Lernaut & Hauspie]] ([[Belgium]]), [[Adelphia Communications Corporation|Adelphia]], [[Bank of Credit and Commerce International|Bank of Commerce and Credit International]] ([[Pakistan]]), [[Cendant]], [[CMS Energy]], [[Duke Energy]], [[Dynegy]], [[Gazprom]] ([[Russia]]), [[Global Crossing]], [[HIH Insurance]] ([[Australia]]), [[Informix]], [[Kmart]], [[Maxwell Communications Corporation|Maxwell Communications]] (UK), [[McKesson Corporation|McKessonHBOC]], [[Merrill Lynch]], [[Merck & Co.|Merck]], [[Peregrine Systems]], [[Qwest Communications]], [[Reliant Resources]], [[Rent-A-Center|Rent-Way]], [[Rite Aid]], [[Sunbeam Products|Sunbeam]], [[Tyco International|Tyco]], [[Waste Management, Inc|Waste Management]], [[WorldCom]], [[Xerox]], and [[Arthur Andersen]], for adapting the mathematical concept of [[imaginary number]]s for use in the business world. (All companies except for Arthur Andersen were forced to restate their financial reports due to false or incorrect accounting. Andersen was the accounting firm most identified with the scandals, having been indicted on criminal charges stemming from its actions as auditor of Enron. All companies are [[U.S.]]-based unless otherwise noted.)
* '''Hygiene''' – Presented to Eduardo Segura, from [[Tarragona]], [[Catalonia]] (Spain), for inventing a [[washing machine]] for [[cat]]s and [[dog]]s, bearing the commercial name of Lavakan de Aste,<ref>[http://www.lavakan.cat/es/Videos/VI/index.html Video of Lavakan product]</ref>
* '''Interdisciplinary Research''' – Presented to [[Karl Kruszelnicki]] of The [[University of Sydney]], [[Australia]], for performing a comprehensive survey of human [[belly button fluff]] – who gets it, when, what color, and how much.
* '''Literature''' – Presented jointly to Vicki L. Silvers of the [[University of Nevada, Reno|University of Nevada-Reno]] and David S. Kreiner of [[University of Central Missouri|Central Missouri State University]], for their colorful report "The Effects of Pre-Existing Inappropriate Highlighting on Reading Comprehension".<ref>{{cite doi|10.1080/19388079709558240}}</ref>
* '''Mathematics''' – Presented to K.P. Sreekumar and G. Nirmalan of Kerala Agricultural University, [[India]], for their analytical report "Estimation of the Total Surface Area in [[Indian Elephant]]s".<ref>{{cite pmid|2316192}}</ref>
* '''Medicine''' – Presented to Chris McManus of [[University College London]], for his excruciatingly balanced report, "Scrotal Asymmetry in Man and in Ancient Sculpture".<ref>{{cite doi|10.1038/259426b0}}</ref> <!--PMID: 765841-->
* '''Peace''' – Presented to Keita Sato, President of Takara Co., Dr. Matsumi Suzuki, President of [[Japan Acoustic Lab]], and Dr. Norio Kogure, Executive Director, Kogure Veterinary Hospital, for promoting peace and harmony between the species by inventing [[Bow-Lingual]], a computer-based automatic dog-to-human language translation device.
* '''Physics''' – Presented to Arnd Leike of the [[Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich]], for demonstrating that [[beer]] froth obeys the mathematical law of [[exponential decay]].<ref>{{cite doi|10.1088/0143-0807/23/1/304}}</ref>

==2003==
* '''Biology''' – Presented to C.W. Moeliker, of [[Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam|Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam in Rotterdam, the Netherlands]], for documenting the first scientifically recorded case of [[homosexual necrophilia in the mallard duck]].<ref>[http://www.nmr.nl/nmr/binary/retrieveFile?instanceid=16&itemid=2574 Moeliker, C.W., 2001 - The first case of homosexual necrophilia in the mallard Anas platyrhynchos (Aves: Anatidae) - DEINSEA 8: 243-247 ISSN 0932-9308. Published 9 November 2001]</ref>
* '''Chemistry''' – Presented to Yukio Hirose of Kanazawa University, for his chemical investigation of a bronze statue, in the city of [[Kanazawa, Ishikawa|Kanazawa]], that fails to attract [[pigeons]].
* '''Economics''' – Presented to Karl Schwärzler and the nation of [[Liechtenstein]], for making it possible to rent the entire country for corporate conventions, [[wedding]]s, [[bar mitzvah]]s, and other gatherings.
* '''Engineering''' – Presented to [[John Paul Stapp]], [[Edward A. Murphy, Jr.]], and George Nichols, for jointly giving birth in 1949 to [[Murphy's Law]], the basic engineering principle that "If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in a catastrophe, someone will do it" (or, in other words: "If anything can go wrong, it will").
* '''Interdisciplinary Research''' – Presented to Stefano Ghirlanda, Liselotte Jansson, and Magnus Enquis of [[Stockholm University]], for their inevitable report "[[Chicken]]s Prefer Beautiful Humans."<ref>{{cite doi|10.1007/s12110-002-1021-6}}</ref>
* '''Literature''' – Presented to John Trinkaus, of the [[Zicklin School of Business]], [[New York City]], for meticulously collecting data and publishing more than 80 detailed academic reports about things that annoyed him, such as:
** What percentage of young people wear [[baseball cap]]s with the peak facing to the rear rather than to the front;
** What percentage of [[pedestrian]]s wear sport shoes that are white rather than some other color;
** What percentage of [[human swimming|swimmers]] swim laps in the shallow end of a pool rather than the deep end;
** What percentage of automobile drivers almost, but not completely, come to a stop at one particular stop-sign;
** What percentage of [[commuter]]s carry [[attaché case]]s;
** What percentage of shoppers exceed the number of items permitted in a supermarket's express checkout lane;
** What percentage of students dislike the taste of [[Brussels sprouts]].
* '''Medicine''' – Presented to Eleanor Maguire, David Gadian, [[Ingrid Johnsrude]], Catriona Good, John Ashburner, Richard Frackowiak, and Christopher Frith of [[University College London]], for presenting evidence that the [[Hippocampus|hippocampi]] of [[London]] [[Taxicab|taxi drivers]] are more highly developed than those of their fellow citizens.<ref>{{cite doi|10.1073/pnas.070039597}}</ref>
* '''Peace''' – Presented to [[Lal Bihari]], of [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]], for a triple accomplishment: First, for leading an active life even though he has been declared legally dead; second, for waging a lively posthumous campaign against bureaucratic inertia and greedy relatives; and third, for creating the [[Association of the Dead|Association of Dead People]]. Lal Bihari overcame the handicap of being dead, and managed to obtain a passport from the [[India]]n government so that he could travel to [[Harvard university|Harvard]] to accept his Prize. However, the U.S. government refused to allow him into the country. His friend Madhu Kapoor therefore came to the Ig Nobel Ceremony and accepted the Prize on behalf of Lal Bihari. Several weeks later, the Prize was presented to Lal Bihari himself in a special ceremony in India.
* '''Physics''' – Presented to Jack Harvey, John Culvenor, Warren Payne, Steve Cowle, Michael Lawrance, David Stuart, and [[Robyn Williams]] of [[Australia]], for their irresistible report "An analysis of the forces required to drag sheep over various surfaces".<ref>{{Cite pmid | 12507336 }}</ref>
* '''Psychology''' – Presented to Gian Vittorio Caprara and Claudio Barbaranelli of the [[University of Rome La Sapienza]], and to [[Philip Zimbardo]] of [[Stanford University]], for their discerning report "[[Politician]]s' Uniquely Simple Personalities".<ref>{{cite doi|10.1038/385493a0}}</ref>

==2004==
* '''Biology''' – Presented to Ben Wilson of the [[University of British Columbia]], Lawrence Dill of [[Simon Fraser University]], Canada, Robert Batty of the Scottish Association for Marine Science, Magnus Wahlberg of the [[University of Aarhus]], [[Denmark]], and Håkan Westerberg of [[Sweden]]'s National Board of Fisheries, for showing that [[herring]]s apparently communicate by [[flatulence|farting]].<ref>{{cite doi|10.1016/S0990-7440(03)00017-2}}</ref><ref>{{cite doi|10.1098/rsbl.2003.0107}}</ref>
* '''Chemistry''' – Presented to [[The Coca-Cola Company]] of [[Great Britain]], for using advanced technology to convert liquid from the [[River Thames]] into [[Dasani]], a brand of bottled [[water]], which for precautionary reasons has been made unavailable to consumers.
* '''Economics''' – Presented to [[Holy See|the Vatican]], for [[outsource|outsourcing]] prayers to [[India]].
* '''Engineering''' – Presented jointly to Donald J. Smith and his father, Frank J. Smith, of [[Orlando, Florida]], for patenting the [[comb over]] ({{US patent|4022227}}).
* '''Literature''' – Presented to The [[American Nudist Research Library]] of [[Kissimmee, Florida]], for preserving [[nudist]] history so that everyone can see it.
* '''Medicine''' – Presented jointly to Steven Stack of [[Wayne State University]], [[Detroit, Michigan]], and James Gundlach of [[Auburn University]], [[Auburn, Alabama]], for their published report "The Effect of Country Music on Suicide".<ref>{{cite doi|10.1093/sf/71.1.211}}</ref><ref>F. Chilargi, "Link between suicide and country music, Wayne State [Ig] Nobel Prize laureate says" ''[[The South End]]'' (Detroit) December 3, 2004, p. 1</ref>
* '''Peace''' – Presented to [[Daisuke Inoue]] of [[Hyōgo Prefecture]], [[Japan]], for inventing [[karaoke]], thereby providing an entirely new way for people to learn to tolerate each other.
* '''Physics''' – Presented jointly to Ramesh Balasubramaniam of the [[University of Ottawa]], and Michael Turvey of the [[University of Connecticut]] and Haskins Laboratory, for exploring and explaining the dynamics of [[hula hoop|hula-hooping]].<ref>{{cite doi|10.1007/s00422-003-0460-4}}</ref>
* '''Psychology''' – Presented jointly to Daniel Simons of the [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]] and Christopher Chabris of [[Harvard University]], for demonstrating that when people pay close attention to something, it's all too easy to overlook anything else – even a woman in a gorilla suit.<ref>{{cite doi|10.1068/p2952}}</ref> (See [[inattentional blindness]]).
* '''Public Health''' – Presented to Jillian Clarke of the [[Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences]], and then [[Howard University]], for investigating the scientific validity of the [[five-second rule]] about whether it's safe to eat food that's been dropped on the floor.

==2005==
* '''Agricultural History''' – Presented to James Watson of [[Massey University]], [[New Zealand]], for his scholarly study, "The Significance of Mr. Richard Buckley's [[exploding trousers|Exploding Trousers]]".<ref>{{cite doi|10.1525/ah.2004.78.3.346}}</ref>
* '''Biology''' – Presented jointly to Benjamin Smith of the [[University of Adelaide]], [[Australia]] and the [[University of Toronto]], [[Canada]] and the Firmenich perfume company, [[Geneva]], [[Switzerland]], and ChemComm Enterprises, Archamps, France; Craig Williams of [[James Cook University]] and the [[University of South Australia]]; Michael Tyler of the University of Adelaide; Brian Williams of the University of Adelaide; and Yoji Hayasaka of the Australian Wine Research Institute; for painstakingly smelling and cataloging the peculiar odors produced by 131 different species of frogs when the frogs were feeling stressed.<ref>{{cite doi|10.1163/1570754041231587}}</ref><ref>{{cite doi| 10.1023/A:1025686418909}}</ref>
* '''Chemistry''' – Presented jointly to [[Edward Cussler]] of the [[University of Minnesota]] and Brian Gettelfinger of the University of Minnesota and the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]], for conducting a careful experiment to settle the longstanding scientific question: can people swim faster in [[syrup]] or in [[water]]? It was found that swimmers in the experiment reach comparable velocity in both media.<ref>{{cite doi|10.1002/aic.10389}}</ref><ref>[http://www1.umn.edu/umnnews/Feature_Stories/Swimming_in_goop_nets_researchers_an_Ig_Nobel_Prize.html Swimming in goop nets researchers an Ig Nobel Prize: UMNnews: U of M<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* '''Economics''' – Presented to Gauri Nanda of the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], for inventing [[Clocky]], an alarm clock that runs away and hides, repeatedly, thus ensuring that people get out of bed, and thus theoretically adding many productive hours to the workday.
* '''Fluid Dynamics''' – Presented jointly to Victor Benno Meyer-Rochow of [[International University Bremen]], [[Germany]] and the [[University of Oulu]], [[Finland]]; and József Gál of [[Loránd Eötvös University]], [[Hungary]], for using basic principles of physics to calculate the pressure that builds up inside a [[penguin]], as detailed in their report "Pressures Produced When Penguins Poo—Calculations on Avian Defecation".<ref>{{cite doi|10.1007/s00300-003-0563-3}}</ref>
* '''Literature''' – Presented to the Internet entrepreneurs of [[Nigeria]], for creating and then using e-mail to distribute a bold series of short stories, thus introducing millions of readers to a cast of rich characters—General [[Sani Abacha]], Mrs. [[Maryam Abacha|Mariam Sanni Abacha]], Barrister Jon A Mbeki Esq., and others—each of whom requires just a small amount of expense money so as to obtain access to the great wealth to which they are entitled and which they would like to share with the kind person who assists them. (See [[advance fee fraud]].)
* '''Medicine''' – Presented to Gregg A. Miller of [[Oak Grove, Missouri|Oak Grove]], [[Missouri]], for inventing [[Neuticles]]—artificial replacement testicles for dogs, which are available in three sizes, and three degrees of firmness.
* '''Nutrition''' – Presented to Dr. [[Yoshiro Nakamatsu]] of [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]], for photographing and retrospectively analyzing every meal he has consumed during a period of 34 years (and counting).
* '''Peace''' – Presented jointly to Claire Rind and Peter Simmons of [[University of Newcastle upon Tyne|University of Newcastle]], in the [[UK]], for electrically monitoring the activity of a brain cell in a [[locust]] while that locust was watching selected highlights from the movie ''[[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope|Star Wars]]''.<ref>{{cite doi|10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000701}}</ref>
* '''Physics''' – Presented jointly to John Mainstone and [[Thomas Parnell (scientist)|Thomas Parnell]] of the [[University of Queensland]], [[Australia]], for patiently conducting the so-called [[pitch drop experiment]] that began in the year [[1927]]—in which a glob of congealed black tar [[pitch (resin)|pitch]] has been slowly dripping through a funnel, at a rate of approximately one drop every nine years.<ref>{{cite doi|10.1088/0143-0807/5/4/003}}</ref>

==2006==
* '''Acoustics''': D. Lynn Halpern of Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, and [[Brandeis University]], and [[Northwestern University]], Randolph Blake of [[Vanderbilt University]] and [[Northwestern University]] and James Hillenbrand of [[Western Michigan University]] and [[Northwestern University]] for conducting experiments to learn why people dislike the [[sound of fingernails scraping chalkboard]].<ref>{{cite pmid|3725541}}</ref>
* '''Biology''': Bart Knols of Wageningen Agricultural University, in [[Wageningen]], the [[Netherlands]]; and of the National Institute for Medical Research / Ifakara Centre, [[Tanzania]], and of the [[International Atomic Energy Agency]], in [[Vienna]], [[Austria]]) and Ruurd de Jong of Wageningen Agricultural University and of [[Santa Maria degli Angeli]], [[Italy]] for showing that the female [[malaria]] [[mosquito]] ''[[Anopheles gambiae]]'' is attracted equally to the smell of [[limburger cheese]] and to the smell of human feet.<ref>{{Cite doi|10.1016.2FS0140-6736.2805.2965812-6}}</ref>
* '''Chemistry''': Antonio Mulet, José Javier Benedito and José Bon of the [[Polytechnic University of Valencia]], [[Spain]], and Carmen Rosselló of the [[University of Illes Balears]], in [[Palma de Mallorca]], Spain, for their study "Ultrasonic Velocity in Cheddar Cheese as Affected by Temperature".<ref>{{cite doi|10.1111/j.1365-2621.1999.tb12277.x}}</ref>
* '''Literature''': [[Daniel M. Oppenheimer]] of [[Princeton University]] for his report "Consequences of Erudite Vernacular Utilized Irrespective of Necessity: Problems with Using Long Words Needlessly".<ref>{{cite doi|10.1002/acp.1178}}</ref>
* '''Mathematics''': Nic Svenson and Piers Barnes of the Australian [[Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation]], for calculating the number of photographs that must be taken to (almost) ensure that nobody in a group photo will have their eyes closed.
* '''Medicine''': [[Francis M. Fesmire]] of the [[University of Tennessee College of Medicine]], for his medical case report "Termination of Intractable Hiccups with Digital Rectal Massage";<ref>{{Cite doi|10.1016/S0196-0644(88)80594-8}}</ref>
* '''Nutrition''': Wasmia Al-Houty of [[Kuwait University]] and Faten Al-Mussalam of the [[Kuwait Environment Public Authority]], for showing that [[dung beetle]]s are finicky eaters.<ref>{{Cite doi|10.1006/jare.1996.0179}}</ref>
* '''Ornithology''': [[Ivan R. Schwab]], of the [[University of California, Davis]], and [[Philip R.A. May]] of the [[University of California, Los Angeles]], for exploring and explaining why [[woodpecker]]s don't get [[headache]]s.<ref>{{cite doi|10.1136/bjo.86.8.843}}</ref>
* '''Peace''': [[Howard Stapleton]] of [[Merthyr Tydfil]], [[Wales]], for inventing an [[The Mosquito|electromechanical teenager repellant]] – a device that makes annoying high-pitched noise designed to be audible to teenagers but not to adults; and for later using that same technology to make [[telephone]] [[ringtone]]s that are audible to [[teenager]]s but probably not to their [[teacher]]s.
* '''Physics''': Basile Audoly and Sebastien Neukirch of the [[Université Pierre et Marie Curie]], for their analysis that explains why uncooked spaghetti breaks into several pieces when it is bent.<ref>{{cite doi|10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.095505}}</ref>

==2007==
* '''Aviation''': Patricia V. Agostino, Santiago A. Plano and Diego A. Golombek, for discovering that hamsters recover from [[jetlag]] more quickly when given [[Viagra]].<ref>{{Cite doi|10.1073/pnas.0703388104}}</ref><ref>{{Cite doi|10.1016/j.febslet.2007.10.058}}</ref>
* '''Biology''': Johanna E.M.H. van Bronswijk, for taking a census of all the [[mites]] and other life forms that live in people's beds.<ref>{{Cite doi|10.1007/BF00347961}}</ref>
* '''Chemistry''': Mayu Yamamoto for extracting [[vanillin|vanilla flavour]] from cow dung.<ref>{{Cite doi | 10.1155/2008/603957}}</ref>
* '''Economics''': Kuo Cheng Hsieh, for patenting a device to catch bank robbers by ensnaring them in a net.<ref>[http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6,219,959.PN.&OS=PN/6,219,959&RS=PN/6,219,959 United States Patent: 6219959 Net trapping system for capturing a robber immediately]</ref>
* '''Linguistics''': Juan Manuel Toro, Josep B. Trobalon and Nuria Sebastian-Galles, for determining that rats sometimes can't distinguish between recordings of [[Japanese language|Japanese]] and [[Dutch language|Dutch]] played backward.<ref>{{Cite doi |10.1037/0097-7403.31.1.95}}</ref>
* '''Literature''': Glenda Browne, for her study into indexing entries that start with the [[the|definitive article]] "the".<ref>{{Cite journal| author=Glenda Browne, | url=http://www.theindexer.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=101&Itemid=63 | title=The Definite Article: Acknowledging 'The' in Index Entries | journal=The Indexer | volume= 22| issue= 3| month=April | year=2001| pages=119–22| postscript=<!-- Bot inserted parameter. Either remove it; or change its value to "." for the cite to end in a ".", as necessary. -->{{inconsistent citations}}}}</ref>
* '''Medicine''': [[Dan Meyer (performer)|Dan Meyer]] and Brian Witcombe, for investigating the side-effects of [[sword swallowing|swallowing swords]].<ref>{{Cite doi|10.1136/bmj.39027.676690.55}}</ref>
* '''Nutrition''': [[Brian Wansink]], for investigating people's appetite for [[mindless eating]] by secretly feeding them a self-refilling bowl of soup.<ref>{{Cite doi|10.1038/oby.2005.12}}</ref>
* '''Peace''': The [[United States Air Force]] [[United States Air Force Research Laboratory|Wright Laboratory]] in [[Wright-Patterson Air Force Base|Dayton, Ohio]], for suggesting the research and development of a "[[gay bomb]]," which would cause enemy troops to become sexually attracted to each other.
* '''Physics''': L. Mahadevan and Enrique Cerda Villablanca for their theoretical study of how sheets become wrinkled.<ref>{{Cite doi|10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.2358}}</ref>

==2008==
The "18th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony" was held on 2 October 2008 at [[Harvard University]]'s Sanders Theatre.<ref name="2008 main">[http://improbable.com/ig/winners/#ig2008 Improbable Research] Retrieved on 3 October 2008.</ref>
* '''Archaeology''': Astolfo Gomes de Mello Araujo and Jose Carlos Marcelino, for showing that [[armadillo]]s can mix up the contents of an [[archaeological site]].<ref name="2008 arch">{{cite doi|10.1002/gea.10070}}</ref><ref name="2008 arch2">{{Cite news
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| url = http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1134/is_/ai_107897176
| accessdate = 2008-10-03
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* '''Biology''': Marie-Christine Cadiergues, Christel Joubert, and Michel Franc, for discovering that [[flea]]s that live on dogs jump higher than fleas that live on cats.<ref name="2008 bio">{{Cite doi|10.1016/S0304-4017(00)00274-0}}</ref>
* '''Chemistry''': Sheree Umpierre, Joseph Hill, and Deborah Anderson, for discovering that [[Coca-Cola]] is an effective [[spermicide]],<ref name="2008 chem1">{{Cite doi|10.1056/NEJM198511213132111}}</ref> and C.Y. Hong, C.C. Shieh, P. Wu, and B.N. Chiang for accidentally proving it is not.<ref name="2008 chem2">{{Cite doi|10.1177/096032718700600508}}</ref><ref name="2008 chem3">{{Cite web
| first = Barbara | last = Mikkelson
| date = 16 March 2007
| title = Killer Sperm: Coca-Cola Spermicide
| series = [[Snopes]]
| url = http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/sperm.asp
| accessdate = 2008-10-03
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* '''Cognitive science''': Toshiyuki Nakagaki, Hiroyasu Yamada, Ryo Kobayashi, Atsushi Tero, Akio Ishiguro, and Ágota Tóth, for discovering that [[slime mold]]s can [[problem solving|solve puzzles]].<ref name="2008 cogsci">{{Cite doi|10.1038/35035159}}</ref><ref name="2008 cogsci2">{{Cite document
| first = Tony | last = Phillips
| date = October 2000
| title = Math in the Media
| publisher = [[American Mathematical Society]]
| volume = | issue = | pages =
| url = http://www.ams.org/mathmedia/archive/10-2000-media.html#slime
| doi =
| accessdate = 2008-10-03
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* '''Economics''': [[Geoffrey Miller (evolutionary psychologist)|Geoffrey Miller]], Joshua Tyber, and Brent Jordan, for discovering that [[exotic dancer]]s earn more when at peak [[fertility]].<ref name="2008 econ">{{Cite doi|10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2007.06.002}}</ref>
* '''Literature''': David Sims, for his study "You Bastard: A Narrative Exploration of the Experience of Indignation within Organizations".<ref name="2008 lit">{{Cite doi|10.1177/0170840605054625}}</ref><ref name="2008 lit2">{{Cite news
| first = Robin | last = Abrahams
| date = 16 May 2008
| title = Best. Paper. Ever.
| periodical = [[The Boston Globe|The Boston Globe Magazine]]
| series = Miss Conduct's Blog
| publisher = [[P. Steven Ainsley]]
| url = http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/missconduct/2008/05/best_paper_ever.html
| accessdate = 2008-10-03
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* '''Medicine''': [[Rebecca Waber]] and [[Dan Ariely]] for demonstrating that expensive [[placebo]]s are more effective than inexpensive placebos.<ref name="2008 med">{{Cite doi|10.1001/jama.299.9.1016}}</ref><ref name="2008 med2">{{Cite document
| date = March 2008
| title = Price of a Medication May Affect How Well It Works
| publisher = [[Stanford Graduate School of Business]]
| url = http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/news/research/mktg_shiv_pricing.shtml
| accessdate = 2008-10-03
| postscript = <!-- Bot inserted parameter. Either remove it; or change its value to "." for the cite to end in a ".", as necessary. -->{{inconsistent citations}}
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* '''Nutrition''': [[Massimiliano Zampini]] and [[Charles Spence]], for demonstrating that food tastes better when it sounds more appealing.<ref name="2008 nut">{{Cite doi|10.1111/j.1745-459x.2004.080403.x}}</ref><ref name="2008 nut2">{{Cite news
| first = Marc | last = Abrahams
| date = 23 May 2006
| title = Crisp sounds: An experiment to get your teeth into
| periodical = [[The Guardian]]
| publisher = [[Guardian Media Group]]
| url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2006/may/23/highereducation.research
| accessdate = 2008-10-03
| location=London
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* '''Peace''': The Swiss Federal Ethics Committee on Non-Human Biotechnology and the citizens of Switzerland, for adopting the legal principle that plants have [[dignity]].<ref name="2008 peace">{{Cite document
| date =
| title = Dignity of living beings
| publisher = Federal Ethics Committee on Non-Human Biotechnology (ECNH)
| url = http://www.ekah.admin.ch/en/topics/dignity-of-creation/index.html
| accessdate = 2008-10-03
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* '''Physics''': Dorian Raymer and Douglas Smith, for proving that heaps of string or hair will inevitably tangle.<ref name="2008 phys">{{Cite doi|10.1073/pnas.0611320104}}</ref>

==2009==
* '''Biology''': Fumiaki Taguchi, Song Guofu, and Zhang Guanglei of [[Kitasato University]] Graduate School of Medical Sciences in Sagamihara, Japan, for demonstrating that kitchen refuse can be reduced more than 90% in mass by using bacteria extracted from the feces of [[giant pandas]].<ref>{{cite doi|10.1016/S1389-1723(01)80326-1 }}</ref><ref>[http://sciencelinks.jp/j-east/article/200310/000020031003A0267180.php Microbial Treatment of Food-Production Waste with Thermopile Enzyme-Producing Bacterial Flora from a Giant Panda]</ref>
* '''Chemistry''': Javier Morales, Miguel Apatiga, and Victor M. Castano of [[National Autonomous University of Mexico|Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico]], for creating [[diamond film]] from [[tequila]].<ref name="2009 chemistry">{{Cite document
| date = 20 June 2008
| title = Tequila is surprise raw material for diamond films
| publisher = NewScientist
| url = http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19826615.700-tequila-is-surprise-raw-material-for-diamond-films.html
| accessdate =
| postscript = <!-- Bot inserted parameter. Either remove it; or change its value to "." for the cite to end in a ".", as necessary. -->{{inconsistent citations}}
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}}</ref><ref>{{cite arXiv|eprint=0806.1485v1|author1=Javier Morales|author2=Miguel Apátiga|author3=Castaño|title=Growth of Diamond Films from Tequila|class=cond-mat.mtrl-sci|year=2008}}</ref>
* '''Economics''': The directors, executives, and auditors of four Icelandic banks—[[Kaupthing Bank]], [[Landsbanki]], [[Glitnir Bank]], and [[Central Bank of Iceland]]—for demonstrating that tiny banks can be rapidly transformed into huge banks, and vice versa (and for demonstrating that [[2008–2009 Icelandic financial crisis|similar things can be done to an entire national economy]]).
* '''Literature''': [[Garda Síochána|Ireland's police service]] for writing and presenting more than 50 traffic tickets to a [[Poles|Polish]] individual, by the name of "[[Driving licence in Ireland#Confusion over Polish licenses|Prawo Jazdy]]". Mr. "Jazdy" was widely thought to be the most frequent driving offender in Ireland, until an investigation uncovered the fact that ''Prawo Jazdy'' is the Polish term for "Driving License".<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7899171.stm | work=BBC News | title=The mystery of Ireland's worst driver | date=2009-02-19 | accessdate=2010-05-08}}</ref>
* '''Mathematics''': [[Gideon Gono]], governor of [[Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe|Zimbabwe's Reserve Bank]], for giving people a simple, everyday way to cope with a wide range of numbers by having his bank print notes with denominations ranging from [[Hyperinflation in Zimbabwe|one cent to one hundred trillion dollars]].
* '''Medicine''': Donald L. Unger of Thousand Oaks, California, US, for investigating a possible cause of arthritis of the fingers, by diligently [[Cracking joints|cracking the knuckles]] of his left hand but not his right hand every day for 50 years.<ref>{{Cite doi|10.1002/1529-0131(199805)41:5<949::AID-ART36>3.0.CO;2-3}}</ref>
* '''Peace''': Stephan Bolliger, Steffen Ross, Lars Oesterhelweg, Michael Thali, and Beat Kneubuehl of the [[University of Bern]], Switzerland, for determining whether it is better to be hit on the head with a full bottle of beer or with an empty bottle.<ref>{{Cite doi|10.1016/j.jflm.2008.07.013}}</ref>
* '''Physics''': Katherine K. Whitcome of the [[University of Cincinnati]], Daniel E Lieberman of [[Harvard University]], and Liza J. Shapiro of the [[University of Texas]], all in the US, for analytically determining why pregnant women do not tip over.<ref>{{cite doi|10.1038/nature06342}}</ref>
* '''Public Health''': Elena N. Bodnar, Raphael C. Lee, and Sandra Marijan of Chicago, US, for inventing a [[bra]] that can be quickly converted into a pair of gas masks—one for the wearer and one to be given to a needy bystander.<ref>{{patent|US|7255627|"Garment device convertible to one or more facemasks"}}</ref>
* '''Veterinary medicine''': Catherine Douglas and Peter Rowlinson of [[Newcastle University]], UK, for showing that cows with names give more milk than cows that are nameless.<ref name="2009 vet med">{{Cite doi|10.2752/175303708X390473}}</ref>

==2010==
* '''Biology''': Libiao Zhang, Min Tan, Guangjian Zhu, Jianping Ye, Tiyu Hong, Shanyi Zhou, and Shuyi Zhang of China, and Gareth Jones of the [[University of Bristol]], UK, for scientifically documenting [[fellatio]] in [[fruit bat]]s.<ref>{{cite doi|10.1371/journal.pone.0007595}}</ref>
* '''Chemistry''': Eric Adams, Scott Socolofsky, Stephen Masutani and [[BP]], for [[Deepwater Horizon oil spill|disproving the old belief]] that [[oil and water]] don't mix.<ref>[http://www.boemre.gov/tarprojects/377.htm Project Deep Spill]<!--can't find a doi for this article--></ref>
* '''Economics''': The executives and directors of [[Goldman Sachs]], [[American International Group|AIG]], [[Lehman Brothers]], [[Bear Stearns]], [[Merrill Lynch]], and [[Magnetar Capital|Magnetar]] for creating and promoting new ways to invest money—ways that maximize financial gain and minimize financial risk for the [[world economy]], or for a portion thereof.
* '''Engineering''': Karina Acevedo-Whitehouse and Agnes Rocha-Gosselin of the [[Zoological Society of London]], UK, and Diane Gendron of [[Instituto Politecnico Nacional]], Baja California Sur, Mexico, for perfecting a method to collect [[whale]] [[Mucus|snot]], using a [[Radio-controlled helicopter|remote-control helicopter]].<ref>{{Cite doi|10.1111/j.1469-1795.2009.00326.x}}</ref>
* '''Management''': Alessandro Pluchino, Andrea Rapisarda, and Cesare Garofalo of the University of Catania, Italy, for demonstrating mathematically that organizations would become more efficient if they [[Peter Principle|promoted people at random]].<ref>{{cite doi|10.1016/j.physa.2009.09.045}}</ref>
* '''Medicine''': Simon Rietveld of the [[University of Amsterdam]], The Netherlands, and Ilja van Beest of [[Tilburg University]], The Netherlands, for discovering that symptoms of [[asthma]] can be treated with a [[roller coaster]] ride.<ref>{{Cite doi|10.1016/j.brat.2006.07.009}}</ref>
* '''Peace''': Richard Stephens, John Atkins, and Andrew Kingston of [[Keele University]], UK, for confirming the widely held belief that [[Profanity|swearing]] relieves pain.<ref>{{cite doi|10.1097/WNR.0b013e32832e64b1}}</ref>
* '''Physics''': Lianne Parkin, Sheila Williams, and Patricia Priest of the [[University of Otago]], for demonstrating that, on icy [[footpath]]s in wintertime, people slip and fall less often if they wear socks on the outside of their shoes.<ref>{{cite pmid| 19680302}}</ref>
* '''Public Health''': Manuel Barbeito, Charles Mathews, and Larry Taylor of the Industrial Health and Safety Office, [[Fort Detrick]] for determining by experiment that microbes cling to bearded scientists.<ref>{{cite pmid|4963447}}</ref><!-- any way to automate the cite for a PMCID? --PMC547091-->
* '''Transportation Planning''': Toshiyuki Nakagaki, Atsushi Tero, Seiji Takagi, Tetsu Saigusa, Kentaro Ito, Kenji Yumiki, Ryo Kobayashi of Japan, and Dan Bebber, Mark Fricker of the UK, for using [[slime mold]] to determine the optimal routes for [[railroad track]]s.<ref>{{cite doi|10.1126/science.1177894}}</ref>

==2011==
* '''Biology''': Daryll Gwynne and David Rentz for discovering that [[Julodimorpha|certain kinds of beetle]] mate with certain kinds of Australian [[Beer bottle#Stubby|beer bottle]].<ref>{{cite doi|10.1111/j.1440-6055.1983.tb01846.x}}</ref>
* '''Chemistry''': Makoto Imai, Naoki Urushihata, Hideki Tanemura, Yukinobu Tajima, Hideaki Goto, Koichiro Mizoguchi and Junichi Murakami for determining the ideal density of airborne [[wasabi]] (pungent horseradish) to awaken sleeping people in case of a fire or other emergency, and for applying this knowledge to invent the wasabi alarm.<ref>{{cite web|title=Wasabi Silent Fire Alarm Alerts the Deaf with the Power of Scent|url=http://inventorspot.com/articles/wasabi_silent_fire_alarm_alerts__11514|publisher=InvestorSpot|author= Levenstein, Steve }}</ref><ref>[http://www.google.com/patents?id=qmXlAAAAEBAJ ODOR GENERATION ALARM AND METHOD FOR INFORMING UNUSUAL SITUATION]</ref>
* '''Literature''': [[John Perry (philosopher)|John Perry]] of [[Stanford University]] for his Theory of Structured Procrastination, which states: "To be a high achiever, always work on something important, using it as a way to avoid doing something that's even more important."<ref>[http://chronicle.com/article/How-to-ProcrastinateStill/93959 Chronicle of Higher Education: How to Procrastinate and Still Get Things Done]</ref><ref>[http://www.structuredprocrastination.com/ Stuctured Procrastination website]</ref>
* '''Mathematics''': [[When Prophecy Fails|Dorothy Martin]] of the USA (who predicted the world would end in 1954), [[Pat Robertson]] of the USA (who predicted the world would end in 1982), [[Elizabeth Clare Prophet]] of the USA (who predicted the world would end in 1990), Lee Jang Rim of Korea (who predicted the world would end in 1992), [[Credonia Mwerinde]] of Uganda (who predicted the world would end in 1999), and [[Harold Camping]] of the USA (who predicted the world would end on September 6, 1994 and later predicted that the world will end on May 21, 2011), for [[List of predicted dates of the end of the world or similar events|teaching the world to be careful]] when making mathematical assumptions and calculations.
* '''Medicine''': Mirjam Tuk, Debra Trampe and Luk Warlop,<ref>{{cite doi|10.1177/0956797611404901}}</ref> and jointly to Matthew Lewis, Peter Snyder, Robert Feldman, Robert Pietrzak, David Darby and Paul Maruff<ref>{{cite doi|10.1002/nau.20963}}</ref> for demonstrating that people make better decisions about some kinds of things – but worse decisions about other kinds of things – when they have a strong urge to urinate.
* '''Peace''': [[Arturas Zuokas]], the mayor of [[Vilnius]], [[Lithuania]], for demonstrating that the problem of illegally parked [[luxury car]]s can be solved by running over them with a [[tank]].<ref>[http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/08/03/watch-lithuanian-mayor-crushes-illegally-parked-car-with-a-tank/ Time Newsfeed: Watch: Lithuanian Mayor Crushes Illegally Parked Car With a Tank]</ref><ref>[http://www.vilnius.lt/newvilniusweb/index.php/116/?itemID=94256 Official City Info]</ref><!--Link doesn't currently work, but link listed on Ig Nobel page-->
* '''Psychology''': Karl Halvor Teigen of the [[University of Oslo]], Norway, for trying to understand why, in everyday life, people sigh.<ref>{{cite doi|10.1111/j.1467-9450.2007.00599.x}}</ref>
* '''Physics''': Philippe Perrin, Cyril Perrot, Dominique Deviterne, Bruno Ragaru and Herman Kingma for trying to determine why [[discus]] throwers become dizzy, and why hammer throwers don't, in their paper "Dizziness in discus throwers is related to motion sickness generated while spinning".<ref>{{cite doi|10.1080/000164800750000621}}</ref>
* '''Physiology''': Anna Wilkinson, Natalie Sebanz, Isabella Mandl and Ludwig Huber for their study "No evidence of contagious yawning in the [[red-footed tortoise]] ''Geochelone carbonaria''".<ref>[http://www.actazool.org/paperdetail.asp?id=11922&volume=57&number=4&bgpage=477&endpage=484&year=2011&month=null No evidence of contagious yawning in the red-footed tortoise Geochelone carbonaria]</ref>
* '''Public safety''': John Senders of the [[University of Toronto]], Canada, for conducting a series of safety experiments in which a person drives an automobile on a major highway while a visor repeatedly flaps down over his face, blinding him.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOguslSPpqo Video from experiments]</ref><!--direct reference from improbable research page-->

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://improbable.com/ig/ig-pastwinners.html Official Ig Nobel Prize Winner List] (public domain)

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