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00:21 Our picks of this year’s Ig Nobel prizes

Nature: Buried underpants and a new definition of kissing win 2026 Ig Nobel prizes

07:47 Massive xenon experiment detects tantalizing hint of dark matter

Nature: Is this the first glimpse of dark matter? Data point excites physicists

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