Marc Abrahams created the Ig Nobel prizes in 1991, after years of collecting examples of weird research that he included in theĀ Journal of Irreproducible Results. The aim of these satirical awards is to honour achievements that āmake people laugh, then thinkā.While the initial response from the scientific community was mixed, last year the prize received more than 9,000 nominations. Several researchers who have won an āIgā say that it has improved their careers by helping them to reach wider audiences, and spend more time engaging with the public about their work.This is an audio version of our Feature:Ā How a silly science prize changed my career Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.