Ig Nobel Prize winners reveal why babies smell better than teenagers

September 3, 2026 · 5:00 pm 2 sources

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• Meet the 2026 Ig Nobel Prize winners
  Ars Technica · September 3, 2026 17:00
  The annual award ceremony features miniature operas, scientific demos, and "24/7" lectures.

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• Ig Nobel Prize winners reveal why babies smell better than teenagers
  Phys.org · September 3, 2026 21:10
  Babies smell wonderful—at least to their parents. An international research team of Ilona Croy, Tomasz Frackowiak, Thomas Hummel and Agnieszka Sorokowska investigated why teenagers lose this special olfactory advantage and has now been awarded an Ig Nobel Prize for the research.