Brazilian biologist Joao Miguel Alves-Nunes poses with a fake snake ahead of the 2026 Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony in Zurich, on September 3, 2026. Joao Miguel Alves-Nunes was awarded with his team with the Ig Nobel in biology "for gently stepping on various parts of various venomous snakes repeatedly, at various temperatures at various times of day to try to learn what does and what does not induce a venomous snake to bite a human. The Ig Nobel Prize is a parody of the Nobel Prize, which is awarded every autumn to celebrate ten unusual or trivial achievements in scientific research. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP via Getty Images)