Ig Nobel Prize 2024. How about experiments on the swimming ability of a dead rainbow trout or that time biologists tried to startle cows by popping paper bags by their heads? These and other unusual research endeavors were honored tonight in a virtual ceremony to announce the 2024 recipients of the annual ig nobel prizes.

The 34th first annual ig nobel prize ceremony, held at the massachusetts institute of technology on september 12, 2024, celebrated unconventional scientific achievements that make people laugh and then think, with winners. The 2024 ig nobel prizes were awarded at the 34th first annual ig nobel prize ceremony, on thursday evening, september 12, 2024, at mit (the massachusetts institute of technology) in cambridge, massachusetts.