2012年十大搞笑诺贝尔奖出炉 奇思妙想惹人笑
搞笑诺贝尔奖(The Ig Nobel Prizes)是在美国举行的一项年度奖项，是对诺贝尔奖的搞笑模仿，其主要奖励那些“不同寻常”或者“细碎”的科学研究成果。之所以设立这个奖项，其目的是为了奖励那些“乍看起来让人发笑，但是随后发人深省”的研究工作。
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年搞笑诺贝尔奖得奖名单，这些奖项被授予那些做出看起来愚蠢却又对世界有深度贡献的科学家、作家、和平缔造者们，或者用主办方《不可思议研究年报》的话来说就是奖励那些“乍看起来让人发笑，但是随后发人深省”的研究工作。我敢担保，这些发明绝对能使人们大笑!
1. The 2012 Ig nobel Psychology Prize
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."
1. 2012年搞笑诺贝尔奖之心理学奖
来自荷兰的Anita Eerland和Rolf Zwaan，以及来自秘鲁的Tulio Guadalupe被授予心理学奖，其研究题目是《向左倚靠会让埃菲尔铁塔看上去更小一些》。
2. The 2012 Ig Nobel Peace Prize
To SKN Company in Russia for exploding old Russian ammunition and creating diamonds. Now that's recycling!
2. 2012年搞笑诺贝尔奖之和平奖
俄罗斯的SKN公司将老旧俄国弹药制作成钻石。这就是回收利用!
3. The 2012 Ig Nobel Accoustics Prize
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.
3. 2012年搞笑诺贝尔奖之声学奖
来自的日本的Kazutaka Kurihara和 Koji Tsukada被授予声学奖，以奖励他们发明的“沉默枪”——这是一种可以打断人说话的机器，其原理是让说话者听到自己稍有延迟的说话声音，这个装置可以治疗在特定演讲中容易结巴的人。
4. The 2012 Ig Nobel Neuroscience Prize
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.
4. 2012年搞笑诺贝尔奖之神经科学奖
美国科学家Craig Bennett，Abigail Baird，Michael Miller，和George Wolford被授予搞笑神经科学奖，以奖励其在脑科学研究方面的贡献。他们的研究显示，利用复杂的设备加上简单的统计学方法，你几乎可以在任何地方得出有意义的脑活动研究结果——甚至是在一条死去的鱼身上也是如此!
5. The 2012 Ig Nobel Chemistry Prize
Anderslöv, Sweden was plagued by residents with green hair. Johan Pettersson discovered that there was too much copper in their water.
5. 2012年搞笑诺贝尔奖之化学奖
Johan Pettersson被授予搞笑化学奖，以表彰其揭示了瑞典小城Anderslv居民的头发会变绿的原因，因为这里的水中含铜量太大。
6. The 2012 Ig Nobel Prize for Literature
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.
6. 2012年搞笑诺贝尔奖之文学奖
无论你相信与否，今年的搞笑文学奖被授予美国政府审计总署(GAO)，以表彰他们发表的有关如何准备一份报告的报告的报告的报告……
7. The 2012 Ig Nobel Physics Prize
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!
7. 2012年搞笑诺贝尔奖之物理学奖
Joseph Keller、Raymond Goldstein、Patrick Warren和Robin Ball获此殊荣，他们的研究课题是“人类马尾辫中头发的运动及受力平衡”。
8. The 2012 Ig Nobel Fluid Dynamics Prize
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.
8. 2012年搞笑诺贝尔奖之流体力学奖
Rouslan Krechetnikov和Hans Mayer对液体的溅出现象进行了研究。他们考察的课题是：人们在端着咖啡杯走动时咖啡的溅出情况，给你个提示吧，在你走到第七步至第十步之间，咖啡最容易溅出。
9. The 2012 Ig Nobel Anatomy Prize
Recognize me?: image via blog.discoverymagazine.com
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.
9. 2012年搞笑诺贝尔奖之解剖学奖
具有荷兰和美国双重国籍的Frans de Waal和另一位美国科学家Jennifer Pokorny获得这一奖项，他们的研究确认黑猩猩可以通过辨认同类的屁股照片来认出不同的个体。
10. The 2012 Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine
Gastroenterologists throughout the world will no doubt thank Emmanuel Ben-Soussan and Michel Antonietti for recommending ways that they can minimize patient' gas explosions while the docs perform colonoscopies.
10. 2012年搞笑诺贝尔奖之医学奖
毫无疑问，全世界的肠胃病学家都会感谢Emmanuel Ben-Soussan和Michel Antonietti，因为他们的研究给出了医生该如何进行结肠镜检查的推荐，从而让他们的病人发生气体爆炸的可能性降至最低。