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  啥袋熊的便便是方的?吃披萨活得久?5岁小孩能分泌多少唾液?……

  这些听上去就风马牛不相及的科(qi)学(pa)研究,却在一项“诺贝尔奖”的召唤下齐聚一堂,然后还能获得价值10万亿的一笔巨额奖金!

  这……感觉很刺激,很带劲,也很……不严肃对不对?Jio着有点不像高大上的诺贝尔奖啊?

  你的感觉没有错,因为这其实是一年一度的搞笑诺贝尔奖(Ig Nobel)!

  据其官网介绍,搞笑诺贝尔奖是为了奖励那些令人“先发笑、后思考”的成就,纪念那些非同寻常的研究,以创造性为荣,激发人们对科学、医药以及技术方面的兴趣。

  The Ig Nobel Prizes honor achievements that make people LAUGH, and then THINK. The prizes are intended to celebrate the unusual, honor the imaginative — and spur people’s interest in science, medicine, and technology.

  每年9月,搞笑诺贝尔奖都在美国哈佛大学的桑德斯剧院举行颁奖礼,现场还有1100人的豪华奇葩观礼团,见证获奖者领奖。

  Every September, in a gala ceremony in Harvard’s Sanders Theatre, 1100 splendidly eccentric spectators watch the new winners step forward to accept their Prizes.

  至于名字,Ig Nobel则是ignoble(不光彩)的谐音。

  什么?还惦记那10万亿的巨额奖金?没错,当然有,不过货币单位则是津巴布韦币,很不值钱就是了。而且,当获奖人的感言太过冗长时(时限1分钟),还会有一个8岁的小姑娘站出来说,“停了吧,我烦了”!

  The winners received $10 trillion Zimbabwean dollars, which is virtually worthless, and each was given one minute to deliver an acceptance speech enforced by an 8-year-old girl whining “Please stop. I’m bored.”

  好了,回到今年的搞笑诺贝尔奖,不出意外,同样引发观众爆笑!

  The winners are always sure to cause a few laughs, and this year's are no different.

  究竟哪些研究成果捧得大奖了呢?

  来来来,先看个总结:

  然后咱们一项一项来鉴赏!

  医学奖

  MEDICINE PRIZE

  Silvano Gallus收集证据,证明吃披萨可以防范疾病,延缓死亡,当然这披萨得是在意大利做的,还要在意大利吃。

  Silvano Gallus, for collecting evidence that pizza might protect against illness and death, if the pizza is made and eaten in Italy.

  结论:“在意大利消化的披萨,可以预防很多受到饮食影响的慢性疾病:消化道癌症和梗阻。”

  “We found that pizza consumption in Italy was protective for many chronic diseases that are known to be influenced by diet: digestive tract cancers and infarction,” Gallus said in an email.

  至于为什么一定要限制在意大利,可能因为研究人员本身就是个意大利人吧……

  医学教育奖

  MEDICAL EDUCATION PRIZE

  Karen Pryor 和Theresa McKeon,用一种简单的动物训练方法——响片训练——训练医生来进行骨科手术。

  Karen Pryor and Theresa McKeon, for using a simple animal-training technique— called “clicker training” —to train surgeons to perform orthopedic surgery.

  通俗来说,就是通过可以发出响声的工具来强化对象的积极行为。

  In short, a mechanical device that emits an audible click is used to reinforce positive behavior.

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