Ig Nobel Biology Prize winner Brazilian Joao Miguel Alves-Nunes (2nd L) attends the award ceremony in Zurich, on September 3, 2026. Joao Miguel Alves-Nunes and his team were awarded for gently stepping on various parts of various venomous snakes repeatedly, at various temperatures at various times of day to try to learn what does and what does not induce a venomous snake to bite a human. The Ig Nobel Prize is a parody of the Nobel Prize, awarded every autumn to celebrate ten unusual or trivial achievements in scientific research. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP via Getty Images)