Ten research teams were honored at the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony held in the Zurich Convention Center in Zurich, Switzerland, on Thursday, September 3, 2026. ^[1] Matilda Brindle and Stuart West from the University of Oxford and Catherine F. Talbot from the Florida Institute of Technology received awards for reconstructing the evolutionary history of kissing. ^[2] The Ig Nobel Prize ceremony was hosted outside the United States for the first time due to concerns about attendees being able to get visas. ^[3] Marc Abrahams, master of ceremonies and editor of the Annals of Improbable Research, told The Associated Press in an email in March that it had become unsafe for guests to visit the United States. ^[4] Ten research teams received Ig Nobel prizes at the Zurich ceremony, including a team that studied milk from cockroaches and a team that buried 1,000 pairs of underwear in more than 25 countries to study soil decomposition. ^[5] The Ig Nobel ceremony, organized by the Annals of Improbable Research, was held in Zurich, Switzerland, for the first time outside the United States, after 35 years at venues including Harvard University, MIT, and Boston University. ^[6]