Ig Nobel Physics Prize winners (From L) Tadd Truscott, Zhao Pan, Kaveeshan Thurairajahand and Randy Hurd attend the award ceremony in Zurich, on September 3, 2026. The team were awarded for theoretical and experimental attempts to design a splash-free urinal. The Ig Nobel Prize is a parody of the Nobel Prize, awarded every autumn to celebrate ten unusual or trivial achievements in scientific research. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP via Getty Images)