Ig Nobel Award Tour Show 2026

Apr 23, 2026, from 18:00 until 20:00, EPFL, Forum Rolex

On Thursday 23 April 2026, with the support of the NCCR MARVEL, EPFL will welcome for the seventh time the Ig Nobel Award Tour Show, with Marc Abrahams and the Ig Nobel Prize winners Mariska Kret, Marcin Zajenkowski, and Chris McManus. We will be talking about synchronization of hearts of new romantic partners, of narcissists being told they are intelligent, or of scrotal asymmetry in man and ancient sculpture. As usually, a great evening ahead! Free tickets will be available online a few days before the event.

The Ig Nobel Prizes honor achievements that make people laugh, and then think. The prizes are intended to celebrate the unusual, honor the imaginative — and spur people's interest in science, medicine, and technology.
— https://improbable.com/ig/about-the-ig-nobel-prizes/

The event is part of the 2026 Ig Nobel EuroTour. This year's programme invites you to discover:

Marc Abrahams
Father of the annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony and editor of Annals of Improbable Research
Mariska Kret, Leiden University, NL
2022 Applied Cardiology Prize winner for seeking and finding evidence that when new romantic partners meet for the first time, and feel attracted to each other, their heart rates synchronize
Marcin Zajenkowski, University of Warsaw, PL
2025 Psychology Prize winner for investigating what happens when you tell narcissists — or anyone else — that they are intelligent
Chris McManus, University College London, UK
2002 Medicine Prize winner for his excruciatingly balanced report, "Scrotal asymmetry in man and in ancient sculpture"

Show in English.

Free tickets will be available online a few days before the event.

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