It’s that time of year once again, when the biggest prizes in science are awarded. No, not those prizes. Today we honor the winners of the 33rd First Annual IgNobel Prizes, awarded each year “to celebrate the unusual, honor the imaginative.” This year’s winners investigated important topics such as whether there’s an equal number of nose hairs in each nostril, why scientists like to lick rocks, and what happens when you repeat the same word many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many times.

I’m proud to say that The Scholarly Kitchen was out in front of things and covered one of this year’s IgNobel winners back in August of 2022. The event was held virtually again this year, but feel free to throw paper airplanes at your computer screen.

David Crotty

David Crotty

David Crotty is the Executive Director of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. Founded in 1933, CSHL Press is an internationally renowned publisher of books, journals, and electronic media, and is a division of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, an innovator in life science research and the education of scientists, students, and the public. Previously, David was a Senior Consultant at Clarke & Esposito, a boutique management consulting firm focused on strategic issues related to professional and academic publishing and information services. David was the Editorial Director, Journals Policy for Oxford University Press. He oversaw journal policy across OUP’s journals program, drove technological innovation, and served as an information officer. David acquired and managed a suite of research society-owned journals with OUP, and before that was the Executive Editor for Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, where he created and edited new science books and journals, along with serving as a journal Editor-in-Chief. He has served on the Board of Directors for the STM Association, the Society for Scholarly Publishing and CHOR, Inc., as well as The AAP-PSP Executive Council. David received his PhD in Genetics from Columbia University and did developmental neuroscience research at Caltech before moving from the bench to publishing.

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