北京时间9月9日,第31届搞笑诺贝尔奖颁奖发布,今年的搞笑诺贝尔奖又有哪些让你意想不到的奖项呢?让我们一睹为快!
生物学奖:喵星人竟然会说十几种语言!
获奖者: Susanne Schotz、Robert Eklund和Joost van de Weijer
获奖理由:发现猫会说十几种语言,他们分析了猫的呼噜声、唧唧叫、颤振声、颤音、尖锐声、低沉的嘟囔声、喵喵叫、呻吟声、吱吱声、嘶嘶声、吼声、怒吼声、咆哮声,以及其它猫与人类交流方式的变化。第一次发现喵星人竟然会有这么多声音,你是否仔细听过你家喵星人的叫声呢?
参考资料:
[1]“A Comparative Acoustic Analysis of Purring in Four Cats,” Susanne Schotz and Robert Eklund, Proceedings of Fonetik 2011, Speech, Music and Hearing, KTH, Stockholm, TMH-QPSR, 51.
[2]“A Phonetic Pilot Study of Vocalisations in Three Cats,” Susanne Schotz, Proceedings of Fonetik 2012, Department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
[3]“A Phonetic Pilot Study of Chirp, Chatter, Tweet and Tweedle in Three Domestic Cats,” Susanne Schotz, Proceedings of Fonetik 2013, Link?ping University, Sweden, 2013, pp. 65-68.
[4]“A Study of Human Perception of Intonation in Domestic Cat Meows,” Susanne Schotz and Joost van de Weijer, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Speech Prosody, Dubin, Ireland, May 20-23, 2014.
[5]“Melody in Human–Cat Communication (Meowsic): Origins, Past, Present and Future,” Susanne Schotz, Robert Eklund, and Joost van de Weijer, 2016.
生态学奖:丢弃的口香糖就能反映全球人群口腔的微生态健康!
获奖者:Leila Satari, Alba Guillén, àngela Vidal-Verdú和Manuel Porcar
获奖理由:通过进行遗传学分析在多个国家的人行横道上丢弃的口香糖中发现了不同种类的细菌。
参考资料:“The Wasted Chewing Gum Bacteriome,” Leila Satari, Alba Guillén, àngela Vidal-Verdú, and Manuel Porcar, Scientific Reports, vol. 10, no. 16846, 2020.doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-73913-4
化学奖:观众的气味映射电影的类型!
获奖者:J?rg Wicker,Nicolas Krauter,Bettina Derstroff,Christof Stonner, Efstratios Bourtsoukidis, Achim Edtbauer, Jochen Wulf, Thomas Klüpfel, Stefan Kramer和Jonathan Williams
获奖理由:通过对电影院内的空气进行化学性分析,分析了观众机体所产生的气味是否能可靠地反映出其所观看的电影中的暴力、性、反社会行为、吸毒和脏话的程度。
参考资料:
[1]“Proof of Concept Study: Testing Human Volatile Organic Compounds as Tools for Age Classification of Films,” Christof Stonner, Achim Edtbauer, Bettina Derstroff, Efstratios Bourtsoukidis, Thomas Klüpfel, Jorg Wicker, and Jonathan Williams, PLoS ONE, vol. 13, no. 10, 2008, p. e0203044,doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0203044
[2]“Cinema Data Mining: The Smell of Fear,” Jorg Wicker, Nicolas Krauter, Bettina Derstorff, Christof Stonner, Efstratios Bourtsoukidis, Thomas Klüpfel, Jonathan Williams, and Stefan Kramer, Proceedings of the 21th ACM SIGKDD International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, pp. 1295-1304. 2015.
经济学奖:政客越胖就越腐败吗?
获奖者:Pavlo Blavatskyy
获奖理由:发现一个国家的政治家的肥胖或许是这个国家腐败的良好指征。
参考资料:“Obesity of Politicians and Corruption in Post‐Soviet Countries,” Pavlo Blavatskyy, Economic of Transition and Institutional Change, vol. 29, no. 2, 2021, pp. 343-356, doi:10.1111/ecot.12259
医学奖:想让呼吸更加顺畅?try sexual orgasms!
获奖者:Olcay Cem Bulut, Dare Oladokun, Burkard Lippert和Ralph Hohenberger
获奖理由:在改善鼻腔呼吸方面,性高潮或许能像减充血药物一样有效。
参考资料: “Can Sex Improve Nasal Function? — An Exploration of the Link Between Sex and Nasal Function,” Olcay Cem Bulut, Dare Oladokun, Burkard M. Lippert, and Ralph Hohenberger, Ear, Nose & Throat Journal, 2021, no. 0145561320981441, doi:10.1177/0145561320981441
和平奖:人类长胡子原来是为了保护自己?
获奖者:Ethan Beseris, Steven Naleway和David Carrier
获奖理由:验证了人类在进化过程中长胡须是为了保护自己的脸部免受攻击或损伤。
参考资料:“Impact Protection Potential of Mammalian Hair: Testing the Pugilism Hypothesis for the Evolution of Human Facial Hair,” Ethan A. Beseris, Steven E. Naleway, David R. Carrier, Integrative Organismal Biology, vol. 2, no. 1, 2020, obaa005,doi:10.1093/iob/obaa005
物理学奖:行人之间为何不会经常碰撞?
获奖者:Alessandro Corbetta, Jasper Meeusen, Chung-min Lee, Roberto Benzi和Federico Toschi
获奖理由:进行了相关实验分析了为何行人不会经常与其他行人在行走的过程中相撞。
参考资料:“Physics-based modeling and data representation of pairwise interactions among pedestrians,” Alessandro Corbetta, Jasper A. Meeusen, Chung-min Lee, Roberto Benzi, and Federico Toschi, Physical Review E, vol. 98, no. 062310, 2018,doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.98.062310
动力学奖:行人之间为何偶尔会碰撞?
获奖者:Hisashi Murakami,Claudio Feliciani, Yuta Nishiyama和Katsuhiro Nishinari
获奖理由:进行了相关实验分析了行人在行走的过程会有时会与其他行人相撞。
参考资料: “Mutual Anticipation Can Contribute to Self-Organization in Human Crowds,” Hisashi Murakami,Claudio Feliciani,Yuta Nishiyama, and Katsuhiro Nishinari, Science Advances, vol. 7, no. 12, 2021, p. eabe7758,doi:10.1126/sciadv.abe7758
昆虫学奖:终于在潜艇中能杀死小强了!
获奖者:John Mulrennan, Jr., Roger Grothaus, Charles Hammond和Jay Lamdin
获奖理由:找到了在潜艇上防治蟑螂的好方法。
参考资料:“A New Method of Cockroach Control on Submarines,” John A. Mulrennan, Jr., Roger H. Grothaus, Charles L. Hammond, and Jay M. Lamdin, Journal of Economic Entomology, vol. 64, no. 5, October 1971, pp. 1196-8,doi:10.1093/jee/64.5.1196
运输奖:倒立的犀牛!
获奖者:Robin Radcliffe,Mark Jago,Peter Morkel,Estelle Morkel,Pierre du Preez,Piet Beytell,Birgit Kotting,Bakker Manuel,Jan Hendrik du Preez,Michele Miller,Julia Felippe,Stephen Parry和Robin Gleed
获奖理由:通过实验来证实在空中倒挂犀牛是否更加安全
参考资料: “The Pulmonary and Metabolic Effects of Suspension by the Feet Compared with Lateral Recumbency in Immobilized Black Rhinoceroses (Diceros bicornis) Captured by Aerial Darting,” Robin W. Radcliffe, Mark Jago, Peter vdB Morkel, Estelle Morkel, Pierre du Preez, Piet Beytell, Birgit Kotting, Bakker Manuel, Jan Hendrik du Preez, Michele A. Miller, Julia Felippe, Stephen A Parry; R.D. Gleed, Journal of Wildlife Diseases, vol. 57, no. 2, 2021, 357–367, doi:10.7589/2019-08-202
来源:生物谷