Big geopolitical events and emotions of sport last days of somewhat overshadowed an event that every year attracts a lot of attention. On Friday, Harvard University awarded after Ig-Nobel Prize, which honors the most absurd, but forcing a reflection of scientific research and discovery.
handed out with a wink scientific prize was first awarded in 1991 Since then the journal “Research Annals of improbable” that the rewarder of those scientists who are not afraid to take the test, the subject of which others can only excite a smile. Currently, the Ig-Noble are distributed in ten areas.
Among the physicists of reward received Japanese researchers who have confirmed beyond any doubt that … on a banana peel can actually fall over. Their research also resulted, however, that bananas could provide an alternative to skis, because the coefficient of friction of the inside of a banana peel is comparable to the well-waxed skis.
reckless challenges also made this year’s winners of the Ig-Nobel Prize in the field of neuroscience . This, researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the University of Toronto, who checked what happens in the brains of people who saw the face of Jesus Christ on toast. This proved to be quite normal ability that each of us, because of the nature of the human eye and mind are suitable for face recognition.
In the field of psychology awarded while scientists who have shown that people who like to sleep late and still then wake up are more likely to psychopathic and Machiavellian behavior than those who politely falling asleep just after dusk and at dawn risers willingly. And in the category of arts diploma was handed specialists from the study of how the classic beauty of the images most famous painters relieves the sensation of pain.
No less surprising methods have proven to be winners in the field of medicine, who discovered that persistent nosebleeds great obstructs the … corned ham. Awarded this year’s Ig Nobel-nutritionists have isolated while needed in the food industry strains of lactic acid bacteria of the content used baby diapers. Children heap can therefore be the primary source of the bacteria used in the production of sausages.
In the areas of economics and research arctic Ig-Nobel prizes were awarded not only for making and unusual methods adopted in the course of scientific work. Norwegian Arctic research specialists have been so rewarded for scaring reindeer in the guise of a polar bear. Economists from Italy did meanwhile impression through the use of the method of calculation of GDP, which takes into account the income from the mafia.
Most seem to be rewarded with the discovery in terms of biology and public health. In the first scientists in the Czech Republic and Germany honored for finding that dog doing a heap always align themselves in the direction north-south. As if a compass would naturally takes them to the function of life.
The award-winning G-Nobel in public health team of the Czech-American-Indian scientists proved, however, that having a cat is a significant threat to mental health. Not because of the demanding nature of the concessions the owner of a cat, and the fact that cats can easily infect people pathogenic protozoan Toxoplasma gondii. This results in formation while changes in the brain, which may result in an increase in vulnerability to risky behaviors.
Source: improbable.com
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