Rich people more likely to steal children’s sweets, finds Ig Nobel prize-winning study

The Guardian UK Thursday 03 September 2026, 17:00 UTC By Ian Sample Science editor 1 min read

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We round up this year’s winners at awards for achievements that ‘first make people laugh and then make them think’It’s that time of year again: a select group of scientists have been summoned to a ceremony to receive coveted prizes, be showered in paper planes, and leave with a 10tn dollar bill, albeit in the form of a phased-out note from Zimbabwe. It is, of course, the annual Ig Nobel awards. Not to be confused with the more prestigious and career-changing Nobel prizes that will be...

We round up this year’s winners at awards for achievements that ‘first make people laugh and then make them think’

It’s that time of year again: a select group of scientists have been summoned to a ceremony to receive coveted prizes, be showered in paper planes, and leave with a 10tn dollar bill, albeit in the form of a phased-out note from Zimbabwe. It is, of course, the annual Ig Nobel awards.

Not to be confused with the more prestigious and career-changing Nobel prizes that will be announced in Scandinavia next month, the satirical Ig Nobels are awarded for achievements that “first make people laugh and then make them think”.

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