由科學(xué)幽默雜志《不可思議研究年報(bào)》主辦的2011搞笑諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)于哈佛大學(xué)公布。
以下是獲獎(jiǎng)名單:
PHYSIOLOGY: Anna Wilkinson, Natalie Sebanz, Isabella Mandl and Ludwig Huber for their study "No Evidence of Contagious Yawning in the Red-Footed Tortoise."
生理學(xué)獎(jiǎng):授予Anna Wilkinson, Natalie Sebanz, Isabella Mandl和Ludwig Huber,以獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)他們有關(guān)“沒有證據(jù)顯示紅腿陸龜打哈欠會(huì)傳染”的研究。
CHEMISTRY: Makoto Imai, Naoki Urushihata, Hideki Tanemura, Yukinobu Tajima, Hideaki Goto, Koichiro Mizoguchi and Junichi Murakami for their wasabi alarm。
化學(xué)獎(jiǎng):授予日本團(tuán)隊(duì)Makoto Ima,Naoki Urushihata,Hideki Tanemura,Yukinobu Tajima,Hideaki Goto,Koichiro Mizoguchi 以及 Junichi Murakami,以獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)他們有關(guān)芥末警報(bào)器的發(fā)明。
MEDICINE: Matthew Lewis, Peter Snyder, Robert Feldman, Robert Pietrzak, David Darby, Paul Maruff along with Mirjam Tuk, Debra Trampe and Luk Warlop for studying the effects of holding in urine。
醫(yī)學(xué)獎(jiǎng):授予Matthew Lewis,Peter Snyder,Robert Feldman,Robert Pietrzak,David Darby,Maruff,Mirjam Tuk,Debra Trampe和Luk Warlop,以獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)他們有關(guān)憋尿可能產(chǎn)生的影響的研究。
PSYCHOLOGY: Karl Halvor Teigen for trying to understand why people sigh。
心理學(xué)獎(jiǎng):授予Karl Halvor Teigen,以獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)其對“為什么人類會(huì)嘆氣”的研究工作。
LITERATURE: John Perry for his theory of procrastination: To be a high achiever, always work on something important, using it as a way to avoid doing something that's even more important。
文學(xué)獎(jiǎng):授予John Perry,其成果是“拖延”理論。他提出:作為一個(gè)高產(chǎn)者,應(yīng)當(dāng)總是集中精力去做那些“重要的事”,作為一種避免從事那些“更重要的事”的方式。
BIOLOGY: Daryll Gwynne and David Rentz for discovering that certain kinds of beetles try to mate with certain kinds of Australian beer bottles。
生物學(xué)獎(jiǎng):授予Daryll Gwynne和 David Rentz,以獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)他們有關(guān)“發(fā)現(xiàn)不同種類的甲蟲會(huì)和不同種類的澳洲啤酒瓶交配”的成果。
PHYSICS: Philippe Perrin, Cyril Perrot, Dominique Deviterne, Bruno Ragaru and Herman Kingma for trying to determine why discus throwers become dizzy, and why hammer throwers don't。
物理學(xué)獎(jiǎng):授予Philippe Perrin,Cyril Perrot,Dominique Deviterne,Bruno Ragaru以及 Herman Kingma,以獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)他們有關(guān)“為何鐵餅運(yùn)動(dòng)員總是會(huì)昏厥而扔鏈球的人則不會(huì)”的研究。
MATHEMATICS: Assorted doomsday predictors throughout history for teaching the world to be careful when making mathematical assumptions and calculations。
數(shù)學(xué)獎(jiǎng):授予歷史上各色的世界末日預(yù)言家們,以表彰他們“以實(shí)際行動(dòng)告訴世人,在進(jìn)行數(shù)學(xué)估算時(shí)小心謹(jǐn)慎是多么的重要”。
PEACE: Arturas Zuokas for solving the problem of illegally parked cars by crushing them with an armored vehicle。
和平獎(jiǎng):授予立陶宛市長Arturas Zuokas,以獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)他成功解決了道路亂停車的問題,方法是駕駛一輛裝甲車去壓碎它們!
PUBLIC SAFETY: John Senders for his experiments in which a driver on a major highway repeatedly has a visor flapped down over his face。
公共安全獎(jiǎng):授予John Senders,以獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)他進(jìn)行的一項(xiàng)實(shí)驗(yàn)。在實(shí)驗(yàn)中,一名駕車人的面前有一個(gè)鴨舌帽不斷掉下來騷擾他的視線,干擾他的駕駛。