Marc Abrahams: Improbable Research and the Ig® Nobel Prizes #crossref

Improbable  Researchand  the

 Ig®  Nobel  Prizes

#IgNobel

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Achievements that

make people LAUGH,

then THINK

Paper Airplanes

A Mechanismto Limit

the Passage of Time

The Win-a-Date-

With-a-Nobel-Laureate Contest

The Opera

Two notable

past Ig Nobel winners

The 24/7 Lectures

The 2015 Ig Nobel Prize

winners

Ig Nobel®

Chemistry Prize

Chemistry PrizeCallum Ormonde, Colin Raston, Tom Yuan,

Stephan Kudlacek, Sameeran Kunche, Joshua N. Smith, William A. Brown, Kaitlin Pugliese,

Tivoli Olsen, Mariam Iftikhar, and Gregory Weiss [AUSTRALIA, USA], for

Chemistry Prize

inventing a chemical recipe•

Chemistry Prize

to partially un-boilinventing a chemical recipe

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Chemistry Prize

to partially un-boilinventing a chemical recipe

an egg.

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Ig Nobel®

Physics Prize

Patricia J. Yang, David Hu, Jonathan Pham, and Jerome Choo [USA, TAIWAN], for…

Physics Prize

Physics Prize

testing the biological principlethat nearly all mammals

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Physics Prize

testing the biological principlethat nearly all mammals

empty their bladders

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Physics Prize

testing the biological principlethat nearly all mammals

empty their bladders

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in about 21 seconds

Physics Prize

testing the biological principlethat nearly all mammals

empty their bladders

(plus or minus 13 seconds).

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in about 21 seconds

Ig® Nobel Literature Prize

Literature Prize

Mark Dingemanse, Francisco Torreira, and Nick J. Enfield [AUSTRALIA, BELGIUM,

THE NETHERLANDS, USA], for…

Literature Prize

—discovering that the word“huh?”

(or its equivalent)

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Literature Prize

—discovering that the word“huh?”

(or its equivalent)

seems to exist in every human language

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Literature Prize

—discovering that the word“huh?”

(or its equivalent)

seems to exist in every human language

— and for not being quite sure why.

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Ig Nobel®

Management Prize

Management PrizeGennaro Bernile, Vineet Bhagwat, and P. Raghavendra Rau [ITALY, SINGAPORE, USA, UK, INDIA, FRANCE, LUXEMBOURG,

GERMANY, JAPAN] for…

Management Prizediscovering that

many business leaders

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Management Prizediscovering that

many business leaders

developed, in childhood, a fondness for risk-taking,

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Management Prizediscovering that

many business leaders

developed, in childhood, a fondness for risk-taking,

when they experienced natural disasters

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Management Prizediscovering that

many business leaders

developed, in childhood, a fondness for risk-taking,

when they experienced natural disasters(such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions,

tsunamis, and wildfires)

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Management Prizediscovering that

many business leaders

developed, in childhood, a fondness for risk-taking,

when they experienced natural disasters(such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions,

tsunamis, and wildfires)

that — for them — had no dire personal consequences.

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Ig Nobel®

Economics Prize

Economics PrizeThe Bangkok Metropolitan Police

[THAILAND],

for...

Economics Prizeoffering to pay policemen

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Economics Prizeoffering to pay policemen

extra cash

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Economics Prizeoffering to pay policemen

extra cashif the policemen refuse

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Economics Prizeoffering to pay policemen

extra cashif the policemen refuse

to take bribes.

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Jack Dietz Sep 7, 2015, 5:04

Ig Nobel®

Medicine Prize

Medicine PrizeAwarded jointly to Hajime Kimata

[JAPAN]

Medicine Prizeand to Jaroslava Durdiaková,

Peter Celec, Natália Kamodyová,

Tatiana Sedláčková, Gabriela Repiská, Barbara Sviežená, and Gabriel Minárik

[SLOVAKIA, USA, UK, GERMANY] for...

Medicine Prize

experiments to study•

Medicine Prize

experiments to studythe biomedical benefits orbiomedical consequences

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Medicine Prize

experiments to studythe biomedical benefits orbiomedical consequences

of intense kissing

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Medicine Prize

experiments to studythe biomedical benefits orbiomedical consequences

of intense kissing(and other intimate interpersonal

activities).

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Ig Nobel®

Mathematics Prize

Mathematics PrizeElizabeth Oberzaucher and

Karl Grammer [AUSTRIA, GERMANY, UK],

for…

Mathematics Prize•

trying to use mathematical techniques

Mathematics Prize

to determine whether and how

•trying to use mathematical

techniques

Mathematics Prize

to determine whether and howMoulay Ismael the Bloodthirsty,

•trying to use mathematical

techniques

Mathematics Prize

to determine whether and howMoulay Ismael the Bloodthirsty,

•trying to use mathematical

techniques

the Sharifian Emperor of Morocco, managed,

Mathematics Prize

to determine whether and howMoulay Ismael the Bloodthirsty,

•trying to use mathematical

techniques

the Sharifian Emperor of Morocco, managed,

during the years from 1697 through 1727,

Mathematics Prize

to determine whether and howMoulay Ismael the Bloodthirsty,

•trying to use mathematical

techniques

the Sharifian Emperor of Morocco, managed,

during the years from 1697 through 1727,to father 888 children.

Ig Nobel®

Biology Prize

Biology Prize

Bruno Grossi, Omar Larach, Mauricio Canals, Rodrigo A. Vásquez,

and José Irarte-Díaz [CHILE, USA], for…

Biology Prize

observing that when you attach a weighted stick

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Biology Prize

to the rear end of a chicken,

observing that when you attach a weighted stick

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Biology Prize

to the rear end of a chicken,

the chicken then walks

observing that when you attach a weighted stick

in a manner similar to that in which

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Biology Prize

to the rear end of a chicken,

the chicken then walks

observing that when you attach a weighted stick

in a manner similar to that in whichdinosaurs are thought to have walked.

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Ig Nobel®

Diagnostic Medicine Prize

Diagnostic Medicine Prize

Diallah Karim, Anthony Harnden, Nigel D’Souza, Andrew Huang,

Abdel Kader Allouni, Helen Ashdown, Richard J. Stevens, and

Simon Kreckler [CANADA, UK, NEW ZEALAND, USA, BAHRAIN, BELGIUM, DUBAI, INDIA, SOUTH AFRICA, CHINA, SYRIA], for…

Diagnostic Medicine Prize

determining that acute appendicitis

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Diagnostic Medicine Prize

determining that acute appendicitiscan be accurately diagnosed

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Diagnostic Medicine Prize

determining that acute appendicitiscan be accurately diagnosed

by the amount of pain evident

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Diagnostic Medicine Prize

determining that acute appendicitiscan be accurately diagnosed

by the amount of pain evidentwhen the patient is

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Diagnostic Medicine Prize

determining that acute appendicitiscan be accurately diagnosed

by the amount of pain evidentwhen the patient is

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driven over speed bumps.

Ig® Nobel Physiology and

Entomology Prize

Physiology and Entomology Prize

Awarded jointly to Justin Schmidt [USA, Canada], for

painstakingly creating

Physiology and Entomology Prize

painstakingly creatingthe Schmidt Sting Pain Index,

Physiology and Entomology Prize

painstakingly creatingthe Schmidt Sting Pain Index,

which rates the relative pain people feel

Physiology and Entomology Prize

painstakingly creatingthe Schmidt Sting Pain Index,

which rates the relative pain people feel

when stung by various insects, and…

Physiology and Entomology Prize

and to Michael L. Smith [USA, UK, THE

NETHERLANDS], for

Physiology and Entomology Prize

carefully arranging for honey bees to sting him repeatedly

on 25 different locations on his body,•

carefully arranging for honey bees to sting him repeatedly

on 25 different locations on his body,

to learn which locations are the least painful

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carefully arranging for honey bees to sting him repeatedly

on 25 different locations on his body,

to learn which locations are the least painful

(skull, middle toe tip, and upper arm),

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carefully arranging for honey bees to sting him repeatedly

on 25 different locations on his body,

to learn which locations are the least painful

(skull, middle toe tip, and upper arm),

and to learn which locations are the most painful

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carefully arranging for honey bees to sting him repeatedly

on 25 different locations on his body,

to learn which locations are the least painful

(skull, middle toe tip, and upper arm),

and to learn which locations are the most painful

(nostril, upper lip, and penis shaft).

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