Distributed during an online party
10 trillion Zimbabwe dollars and a trophy for the winners of the "satirical Nobel"
The prizes are commensurate with the sarcastic nature of the prize.
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It is safer to move a rhino upside down.. Beards may have been a natural development to protect the faces of men from punches.. Thus, scientific studies that won ironic Ig Nobel prizes reported, the day before yesterday.
The annual Ig Nobel Prizes are awarded for extraordinary achievements in the fields of science and human studies, which aim to laugh first, then think.
These awards are presented by Nobel laureates, and are usually held at Harvard University's Sanders Theater.
This is the second year that these parodies have been released online.
This year, the winners each received a paper cup and a counterfeit Zimbabwean coin worth $10 trillion, in keeping with the cynical nature of this award.
“The thing I love about wildlife vets is that they have to think fast and out of the box,” said Robin Radcliffe, one of the authors of the African study that concluded it was safer to transport rhinos upside down, and sometimes a little crazy. To move the rhino in this way.”
And there are findings that people may have started growing beards to help mitigate the impact of the blows to the Ig Nobel Peace Prize.
Chewing gum and cat meowing were among other research topics that won the Ig Nobel Prize.
Susan Schutz, from Sweden, won the Biology Prize for her analysis of the differences in communication patterns between cats and humans, such as "cats, meows, groans" and others, and even reviewed some of the sounds she studied.
The ecology prize was awarded to a group of scientists who studied bacteria in chewing gum dumped on sidewalks around the world.
The Medicine Prize was awarded for research that demonstrated that the peak of orgasm that a person reaches when intercourse can be just as effective as medicines in removing nasal congestion!
After the ceremony, Mark Abrahams, head of the ceremony and editor-in-chief of the Annals of Impossible Research, which organizes the event, said: "If you don't win an Ig Nobel this year, and especially if you do, I wish you better luck next year."
The annual Ig Nobel Prizes are awarded for extraordinary achievements in the sciences and humanities, which aim to laugh first, then think.
It is safer to move rhinos upside down.. Beards may have been a natural development to protect men's faces from punches.. Among the winning studies.
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