搞笑諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)(The Ig Nobel Prizes)是在美國(guó)舉行的一項(xiàng)年度獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng),是對(duì)諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)的搞笑模仿,其主要獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)那些“不同尋常”或者“細(xì)碎”的科學(xué)研究成果。之所以設(shè)立這個(gè)獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng),其目的是為了獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)那些“乍看起來(lái)讓人發(fā)笑,但是隨后發(fā)人深省”的研究工作。
Here are the 10 winners of the 2012 Ig Nobel Prizes given to scientists, writers, and peacemakers who make silly but thoughtful contributions to the world, or as the Annals of Improbable Research puts it, "first make people laugh, and then make them think." I can vouch for them making us laugh!以下是2012年搞笑諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)得獎(jiǎng)名單,這些獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)被授予那些做出看起來(lái)愚蠢卻又對(duì)世界有深度貢獻(xiàn)的科學(xué)家、作家、和平締造者們,或者用主辦方《不可思議研究年報(bào)》的話來(lái)說(shuō)就是獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)那些“乍看起來(lái)讓人發(fā)笑,但是隨后發(fā)人深省”的研究工作。我敢擔(dān)保,這些發(fā)明絕對(duì)能使人們大笑!
1. The 2012 Ig nobel Psychology Prize
To Anita Eerland and Rolf Zwaan [THE NETHERLANDS] and Tulio Guadalupe [PERU, RUSSIA, and THE NETHERLANDS] for their study “Leaning to the Left Makes the Eiffel Tower Seem Smaller."
1. 2012年搞笑諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)之心理學(xué)獎(jiǎng)
來(lái)自荷蘭的Anita Eerland和Rolf Zwaan,以及來(lái)自秘魯?shù)腡ulio Guadalupe被授予心理學(xué)獎(jiǎng),其研究題目是《向左倚靠會(huì)讓埃菲爾鐵塔看上去更小一些》。
2. The 2012 Ig Nobel Peace Prize
To SKN Company in Russia for exploding old Russian ammunition and creating diamonds. Now that's recycling!
2. 2012年搞笑諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)之和平獎(jiǎng)
俄羅斯的SKN公司將老舊俄國(guó)彈藥制作成鉆石。這就是回收利用!
3. The 2012 Ig Nobel Accoustics Prize
To Japanese creators Kazutaka Kurihara and Koji Tsukada for developing the SpeechJammer, a device that uses delayed auditory feedback to shut up participants in a discussion. This kind of system has been used in speech therapy to reduce stuttering among those with that particular speech disturbance。
3. 2012年搞笑諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)之聲學(xué)獎(jiǎng)
來(lái)自的日本的Kazutaka Kurihara和 Koji Tsukada被授予聲學(xué)獎(jiǎng),以獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)他們發(fā)明的“沉默槍”——這是一種可以打斷人說(shuō)話的機(jī)器,其原理是讓說(shuō)話者聽到自己稍有延遲的說(shuō)話聲音,這個(gè)裝置可以治療在特定演講中容易結(jié)巴的人。
4. The 2012 Ig Nobel Neuroscience Prize
To Craig Bennett, Abigail Baird, Michael Miller, and George Wolford for demonstrating that brain researchers, using a combination of complicated equipment and simple statistics, can find meaningful brain activity anywhere, even in a dead fish。
4. 2012年搞笑諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)之神經(jīng)科學(xué)獎(jiǎng)
美國(guó)科學(xué)家Craig Bennett,Abigail Baird,Michael Miller,和George Wolford被授予搞笑神經(jīng)科學(xué)獎(jiǎng),以獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)其在腦科學(xué)研究方面的貢獻(xiàn)。他們的研究顯示,利用復(fù)雜的設(shè)備加上簡(jiǎn)單的統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)方法,你幾乎可以在任何地方得出有意義的腦活動(dòng)研究結(jié)果——甚至是在一條死去的魚身上也是如此!
5. The 2012 Ig Nobel Chemistry Prize
Anderslöv, Sweden was plagued by residents with green hair. Johan Pettersson discovered that there was too much copper in their water。
5. 2012年搞笑諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)之化學(xué)獎(jiǎng)
Johan Pettersson被授予搞笑化學(xué)獎(jiǎng),以表彰其揭示了瑞典小城Anderslv居民的頭發(fā)會(huì)變綠的原因,因?yàn)檫@里的水中含銅量太大。