年十大搞笑諾貝爾獎
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年搞笑諾貝爾獎得獎名單，這些獎項被授予那些做出看起來愚蠢卻又對世界有深度貢獻的科學家、作家、和平締造者們，或者用主辦方《不可思議研究年報》的話來說就是獎勵那些“乍看起來讓人發笑，但是隨後發人深省”的研究工作。我敢擔保，這些發明絕對能使人們大笑！1. The 2012 Ig nobel Psychology Prize
1. 2012年搞笑諾貝爾獎之心理學獎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."
來自荷蘭的Anita Eerland和Rolf Zwaan，以及來自祕魯的Tulio Guadalupe被授予心理學獎，其研究題目是《向左倚靠會讓埃菲爾鐵塔看上去更小一些》。
2. The 2012 Ig Nobel Peace Prize
2. 2012年搞笑諾貝爾獎之和平獎To SKN Company in Russia for exploding old Russian ammunition and creating diamonds. Now that`s recycling!
俄羅斯的SKN公司將老舊俄國彈藥製作成鑽石。這就是回收利用！3. The 2012 Ig Nobel Accoustics Prize
3. 2012年搞笑諾貝爾獎之聲學獎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.
來自的日本的Kazutaka Kurihara和 Koji Tsukada被授予聲學獎，以獎勵他們發明的“沉默槍”——這是一種可以打斷人說話的機器，其原理是讓說話者聽到自己稍有延遲的說話聲音，這個裝置可以治療在特定演講中容易結巴的人。4. The 2012 Ig Nobel Neuroscience Prize
4. 2012年搞笑諾貝爾獎之神經科學獎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.
美國科學家Craig Bennett，Abigail Baird，Michael Miller，和George Wolford被授予搞笑神經科學獎，以獎勵其在腦科學研究方面的貢獻。他們的研究顯示，利用複雜的設備加上簡單的統計學方法，你幾乎可以在任何地方得出有意義的腦活動研究結果——甚至是在一條死去的魚身上也是如此！5. The 2012 Ig Nobel Chemistry Prize
5. 2012年搞笑諾貝爾獎之化學獎Anderslöv, Sweden was plagued by residents with green hair. Johan Pettersson discovered that there was too much copper in their water.
Johan Pettersson被授予搞笑化學獎，以表彰其揭示了瑞典小城Anderslöv居民的頭髮會變綠的原因，因爲這裏的水中含銅量太大。6. The 2012 Ig Nobel Prize for Literature
6. 2012年搞笑諾貝爾獎之文學獎Believe it or not, this prize went to the US Government General Accountability Office (GAO) for issuing a report that recommended a report about another report of reports recommending reports... or something like that.
無論你相信與否，今年的搞笑文學獎被授予美國政府審計總署(GAO)，以表彰他們發表的有關如何準備一份報告的報告的報告的報告……7. The 2012 Ig Nobel Physics Prize
7. 2012年搞笑諾貝爾獎之物理學獎You`d love to know the balance of forces that shape and move your ponytail, right? That`s why Joseph Keller, Raymond Goldstein, Patrick Warren and Robin Ball received this igNOMINIOUS prize!
Joseph Keller、Raymond Goldstein、Patrick Warren和Robin Ball獲此殊榮，他們的研究課題是“人類馬尾辮中頭髮的運動及受力平衡”。8. The 2012 Ig Nobel Fluid Dynamics Prize
8. 2012年搞笑諾貝爾獎之流體力學獎To Rouslan Krechetnikov and Hans Mayer for studying the dynamics of liquid-sloshing, to learn what happens when a person walks while carrying a cup of coffee. I`ll give you a hint: it happens between step 7 and 10.
Rouslan Krechetnikov和Hans Mayer對液體的濺出現象進行了研究。他們考察的課題是：人們在端着咖啡杯走動時咖啡的濺出情況，給你個提示吧，在你走到第七步至第十步之間，咖啡最容易濺出。9. The 2012 Ig Nobel Anatomy Prize
9. 2012年搞笑諾貝爾獎之解剖學獎Recognize me?: image via
具有荷蘭和美國雙重國籍的Frans de Waal和另一位美國科學家Jennifer Pokorny獲得這一獎項，他們的研究確認黑猩猩可以通過辨認同類的屁股照片來認出不同的個體。To Frans de Waal [The Netherlands and USA] and Jennifer Pokorny [USA] for discovering that chimpanzees can recognize other chimpanzees from seeing photographs of their rear ends.
10. 2012年搞笑諾貝爾獎之醫學獎10. The 2012 Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine
毫無疑問，全世界的腸胃病學家都會感謝Emmanuel Ben-Soussan和Michel Antonietti，因爲他們的研究給出了醫生該如何進行結腸鏡檢查的推薦，從而讓他們的病人發生氣體爆炸的可能性降至最低。
