Nobel prize winners (From L) Esther Duflo, Abhijit Banerjee, Michel Mayor and Tim Hunt react with fake snakes distributed by an Ig Nobel in biology prize winner during the award ceremony in Zurich, on September 3, 2026. The Ig Nobel Prize is a parody of the Nobel Prize, which is awarded every autumn to celebrate ten unusual or trivial achievements in scientific research. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP via Getty Images)