Dr. Paul Piff, a social psychologist at the University of California, Irvine, won the 2026 Ig Nobel prize in Economics for research showing that upper-class people are more prone to behaving badly, including stealing treats meant for children. ^[1] The 2027 edition of the Women's Vuelta España will be scheduled in October, returning to its original late-season timing. ^[2] The UCI announced on 2026-07-08 that the Women's Vuelta España will be held between October 3-10, 2027, as per a press release. ^[3] Dr. Matilda Brindle and her colleagues at Oxford University won the biomechanics prize for defining kissing as non-agonistic interactions involving directed, infraspecific oral-oral contact with some movement of the lips/mouthparts and no food transfer. ^[4] In an experiment where volunteers were left alone with a jar of sweets ostensibly meant for children, upper-class people took nearly twice as many candies as lower-class people. ^[5] Psychologists found that upper-class drivers were more likely to cut other cars off at junctions and ignore pedestrians at crossings compared to lower-class drivers. ^[6] The date change aligns the Women's Vuelta España with the men's Grand Tours calendar structure. ^[7]