Nobel Prize is almost a household name, but do you know his "brother" funny Nobel Prize?
The so-called "funny Nobel Prize" is actually an interesting imitation of the genuine "Nobel Prize".
Although the word "funny" is used as a title, it does not mean that the candidates and projects are "funny and unscientific". In fact, there are indeed previous Nobel Prize winners among the judges of the funny Nobel Prize. Its purpose is to select research that "at first glance it makes people laugh and thought-provoking later".
On history, from 1991 to today's 2022, the Funny Nobel Prize has been around for more than 30 years.
As a famous "funny Nobel Prize" country, Japan has won awards for 16 years. This attitude is really not to be underestimated! In addition, they also held the world's first official exhibition of "Funny Nobel Prizes" in 2018.
If you count the awards won by the Japanese, you will find that they can do their best.
In 1999, the Japanese developed a "pants spray" that can identify whether the husband cheated; in 2002, they developed a "dog language translation machine"; in 2007, they extracted spices from cow dung; in 2014, they measured and calculated the friction when people stepped on banana peels; in 2015, they found that kissing could allergic reactions; in 2019, they measured the saliva secretion of 5-year-old children a day...
However, they also have particularly practical research, such as the karaoke invented by the Japanese, which won the Peace Prize in 2004.
As usual, the award ceremony for the funny Nobel Prize is set around October every year, and the location is the Sanders Theater at Harvard University . However, due to the impact of the epidemic in the past three years, the award ceremony has been held online since 2020.
At 6 pm ET on September 15, the results of the 2022 Funny Nobel Prize were released!
According to reports, the prize for this year's Funny Nobel Prize is a "container". The organizer will award the prize to the winner in the form of a PDF. The winner will print and fold it into a physical object by himself...
What's even more strange is that the amount of the prize sounds really huge, with 13 "0" behind the "1"! That is 10 trillion! ! !
Of course, the currency is Zimbabwe coins, which is about 18 cents to be converted into RMB...
Forget it, exists is reasonable . Let's take a look at what excellent (funny) works have been presented by this year's winners~
Engineering Award
How to control your fingers when turning the knob?
Japanese people won another award this year. This is a Japanese study that began in 1999. It gathered 32 students in their 20s, and the content was to make them turn 45 knobs of different sizes.
data shows that the thumb and index finger are used the most frequently, and when the knob becomes larger, the other 3 fingers will be used.
For example, when the knob is 10 to 11 mm in diameter, the fingers that turn the knob are changed from 2 to 3; when the diameter is 23 to 26 mm, the fingers that turn the knob are changed from 4; when the diameter is 45 to 50 mm or more, all 5 fingers need to be used to turn the knob.
Biology Award
scorpions are constipated, but they do not affect fertility
South American scorpions "Ananteris balzani” In order to fight predators, they chose to break the tail and to survive, which means that they lost the sting, poison glands and anus at the same time, gained the experience of constipation, and even died of constipation in a few months...
biologists specially produced such a topic-through the study of 154 male and female scorpions, they found that the running speed of constipated scorpions has not changed, they can still actively forage, and insist on finding a spouse and completing the task of raising the next generation.
Medical Prize
When chemotherapy, ice cream is more effective than medicine
Generally speaking, cancer patients receiving chemotherapy and radiotherapy are likely to suffer from oral mucositis due to infection, which makes the patient unable to swallow and eat, which is particularly painful.
So, scientists created a "ice cream cryotherapy" that allowed 74 cancer patients who underwent stem cell transplants to eat ice cream slowly, which was used to reduce oral temperature, contract blood vessels, and reduce the dose of drug that mucosal tissues are exposed to.
Finally, only 28.85% of patients with this therapy developed oral mucositis, while as many as 59% did not receive cryotherapy.
Art History Award
Ancient Maya On pottery, "enema ritual" is painted
Archaeological discovery, the mysterious Maya often records some daily life on pottery. A study in 1977 showed that the pictures on the Mayan pot seemed to be "enema"? ?
Scholars believe that the Mayan enema at that time was not for the purpose of curing diseases, but was carrying out some kind of religious activity, and they might have poured fermented alcoholic beverages into their intestines.
In order to prove that alcohol enema can also get drunk, a researcher became a "villain mouse" himself and made a personal attempt. He poured a total of 0.5 liters of alcohol solution with a total concentration of 5% concentration in 4 times. He was indeed drunk...
Physics Prize
Why do ducks always queue up?
We often see some small animals queuing up for activities, especially a group of ducks passing by the bridge in front of the door.
China, the United Kingdom and Turkey researchers used mathematical models to calculate the advantages of ducks queuing up to swim. They found that little ducks could go into the water after they were young. They inertially control the waves brought by their mothers to reduce their own resistance.
This may be similar to the "leading" in track and field competitions~
Peace Prize
Is it suitable for lying when eating melons?
Life is boring, gossip is super fun! The research team of the Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences focuses on the topic of "eating melons".
people who gossip, listen to gossip, and gossip. If the relationship between the three is very good, then gossip should be honest; if the relationship between the three is average, then gossip is nothing to lie.
sounds very reasonable, but what's the use is still available...
Economics Award
successful people have good luck
Researchers have made a computer model and set up 1,000 "dummy" with the same initial wealth. 40 years later, the richest one is not the most talented one, but the one with the best luck.
So, sometimes I really envy those "human koi"!
Safety Engineering Award
simulates "car accident", very real
In some areas, large animals will walk on the road, which is very prone to traffic accidents. For example, moose , which has a large number of Swedish , there will be 13 similar collisions every day...
award winner made a fake moose model with rubber and steel wire. Since its center of gravity is higher than the hood of the car, when it is hit, it is first a collision of legs, and then the body rotates.
He tested the fake moose with an old Volvo running at 72km/h and a 92km/h Saab . The results show that the fake moose restores the scene where the car collided with the real moose well.
Applied Heart Science Award
Two people in love have the same heartbeat frequency
Researchers recruited 142 testers in Netherlands . After specific experiments, they found that 34% of women and 53% of men expressed their desire to have a second date with each other, but only 17% of random pairings "look at each other" together.
And these people's heartbeats remained almost the same frequency at the same time. Maybe this is the "physiological reaction" of love~
Literary Award
The "standard" of the contract is built up by clauses
Everyone has experienced the "obscure" level of different contracts, so do you know why it is written into such a difficult sentence?
Researchers analyzed the legal contract and court document databases from 2018 to 2020 and compared them with the standard English file database. The results showed that the most hindering understanding in legal documents is not those professional concepts, but poor writing methods - such "not speaking human language" clauses always insert long clauses into sentences...
or above is the award-winning project this year. Do you think such an inappropriate "Nobel Prize" is interesting?
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