Ig Nobel Events in Paris (December 9 and 10) Several Ig Nobel Prize winners will gather in Paris, to discuss their work with each other and with audiences. Ig winner Roman Hossein Khonsari, who is doing much of the heavy lifting in organizing the affairs, gives this description: Paris is getting an Ig Nobel double-dose (and triple-format): 3 events across 2 days, with Marc Abrahams and five (delightfully serious) prize-winning teams – science that makes you laugh, then think. **Tue 9 Dec 2025 — 19:00 — Chimie ParisTech – PSL (11 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 5e).** On stage: • Daniel Bonn & Antoine Deblais (Chemistry, 2024) — chromatography for drunk vs sober worms • Kees Moeliker (Biology, 2003) – homosexual necrophilia in male mallards • Roman Hossein Khonsari & Marjolaine Willems (Anatomy, 2024) — hair-whorl direction across hemispheres • Marc-Antoine Fardin (Physics, 2017) — cats as both solid and liquid • Daniel Maria Busiello (Physics, 2025) — phase transition in cacio e pepe sauce And of course Marc Abrahams to set the Ig Nobel spirit **Wed 10 Dec 2025, 17:00 — Ecole normale supérieure (45 rue d’Ulm, Paris 5e). [A second session, at 19:30, is by invitation only]** (1) 17:00 — Salle Dussane | Student–laureate exchanges hosted by Marc Abrahams • Bonn & Deblais — invertebrate physics • Khonsari & Willems — geological anatomy • Fardin — veterinarian theoretical physics • Moeliker — forensics ethology (2) 19:30 — Salle des Actes | Evening event (Orchestre et choeur de l’Université PSL with Johan Farjot + cocktail) Marc Abrahams introduces the laureates, then we unpack what these quirky results reveal about how science really works—rigour, curiosity, and the joy of surprising questions, with music and drinks ️**Registrations open for Chimie ParisTech–PSL event, Dec 9 – free.** **Registrations open for the 5pm ENS event, Dec 10 – free. (The 7.30pm ENS event is by invitation only)** Avec le soutien de a-Ulm (ENS Alumni Association), Fondation de l’ENS, CHU de Montpellier, ESPCI Paris – PSL, PSL Research University, Institut Carnot IPGG Microfluidique ### Share this: * Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook * Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn * Click to share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon * Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky *

Tickets are now available for BOTH of the Ig Nobel public events in Paris — December 9 and 10 #IgNobel #Paris #ChimieParisTech #EcoleNormaleSupérieure improbable.com/2025/11/30/ig-nobel-even...

📘 Nouveau rapport "Résilience énergétique face au Dunkelflaute : enjeux solutions technologiques et rôle de l’interconnexion des réseaux électriques".

👉 Un travail à découvrir ici : confrontations.org/wp-content/u...
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📘 Nouveau rapport "Résilience énergétique face au Dunkelflaute : enjeux solutions technologiques et rôle de l’interconnexion des réseaux électriques".

👉 Un travail à découvrir ici : confrontations.org/wp-content/u...

#TransitionÉnergétique #Dunkelflaute #ChimieParisTech #Énergies

The RCGI-USP appreciates the visit of representatives from CHIMIE ParisTech, PSL and the Consulate General of France in São Paulo, during which institutional presentations and opportunities for future collaboration were discussed.

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