{
  "id": 5373487,
  "title": "Rich people more likely to steal children’s sweets, finds Ig Nobel prize-winning study",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/rich-people-more-likely-to-steal-childrens-sweets-finds-ig-nobel",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-03T17:00:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Science",
    "slug": "guardian-science",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/sep/03/ig-nobel-prize-awards-2026-winners"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "We round up this year’s winners at awards for achievements that ‘first make people laugh and then make them think’ It’s that time of year again: a select group of scientists have been summoned to a ceremony to receive coveted prizes, be showered in paper planes, and leave with a 10tn dollar bill, albeit in the form of a phased-out note from Zimbabwe. It is, of course, the annual Ig Nobel awards.…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}