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Ig Nobel Zurich Honors Unusual Research, Including Snake Bites

9/9/2026

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Switzerland hosted the Ig Nobel Prizes ceremony in Zurich, honoring ten unconventional research projects.
Unno Tokuji received a posthumous Medicine prize for advising single-nostril, forceful nose blowing.
Stepping on a Bothrops jararaca snake’s head caused a 44 % bite chance, while the tail only 11 %.
Biologists turned dead mosquito proboscises into ultra-fine nozzles for inexpensive 3D printers.

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Switzerland hosted the Ig Nobel Prizes ceremony in Zurich, honoring ten unconventional research projects.
Unno Tokuji received a posthumous Medicine prize for advising single-nostril, forceful nose blowing.
Stepping on a Bothrops jararaca snake’s head caused a 44 % bite chance, while the tail only 11 %.
Biologists turned dead mosquito proboscises into ultra-fine nozzles for inexpensive 3D printers.