Matilda Brindle wins prestigious Ig Nobel Prize for research on evolution of kissing

Congratulations to Janklow author and evolutionary biologist Dr Matilda Brindle whose team at Oxford University have won a prestigious Ig Nobel Prize for their research into the evolution of kissing 💋

The Ig Nobel Prize, founded in 1990, honours achievements so surprising that they make people laugh, then think. The prizes are intended to celebrate the unusual, honour the imaginative — and spur people’s interest in science, medicine, and technology.

Matilda's book on non-reproductive sexual behaviours is forthcoming with Headline in spring 2028.