Ig Nobel Winners 2024 Predictions. Scientists who were honored presented curiosities such as a plush cat on an inflatable cow, drunken worms, real plants imitating plastic ones,. These and other unusual research endeavors were honored tonight in a virtual ceremony to announce the 2024 recipients of the annual ig nobel prizes.

Here’s my annual writeup in new scientist magazine of the year’s new ig nobel prize winners. David baker of the university of washington, and demis hassabis and john m.