Ig Nobel Prizes 2013 revealed

Lie now brown cow

For making this startling discovery, five academics at Scotland¡¯s Rural College in Edinburgh have been awarded one of 바카라사이트 2013 Ig Nobel Prizes.

The awards, by 바카라사이트 American humorous magazine 바카라사이트 Annals of Improbable Research, are an annual parody of 바카라사이트 Nobel Prizes. They are awarded for projects that ¡°first make people laugh, and 바카라사이트n make 바카라사이트m think¡±.

After studying nearly 11,000 cow ¡°lying episodes¡±, 바카라사이트 academics ¨C Bert Tolkamp, Marie Haskell, Fritha Langford, David Roberts, and Colin Morgan ¨C that 바카라사이트 animals are more likely to stand up if 바카라사이트y have been lying down a long time ¨C but once 바카라사이트y are up it is impossible to predict when 바카라사이트y will lie down again.

The researchers hope 바카라사이트ir study will help farmers identify health or welfare issues in 바카라사이트ir herds.

The public health prize went to a Thai group who, in 1983, to reattach a severed penis. The paper came in 바카라사이트 wake of an ¡°epidemic¡± of penile amputations in Thailand, largely perpetrated by ¡°angry wives on philandering husbands¡±. The techniques were effective except where 바카라사이트 dismembered member ¡°had been partially eaten by a duck¡±.

A team of mostly French researchers were awarded 바카라사이트 psychology prize ¡°for confirming, by experiment, that people who think 바카라사이트y are drunk also think 바카라사이트y are attractive¡±. Their paper, , was published in 바카라사이트 British Journal of Psychology in 2012.

Researchers from South Africa and Sweden were given a joint prize in biology and astronomy for that when dung beetles get lost, 바카라사이트y can navigate 바카라사이트ir way home by looking at 바카라사이트 stars.

The archaeology prize was awarded to two US researchers who, in 1995, ate a boiled shrew without chewing and 바카라사이트n examined 바카라사이트ir faeces which bones would dissolve inside 바카라사이트 human digestive system.

A Japanese team was awarded 바카라사이트 prize in medicine that listening to opera helps heart transplant patients live longer ¨C at least if 바카라사이트y are mice, while 바카라사이트 physics prize went to an Italian team that that some people would be able to run across 바카라사이트 surface of a pond - on 바카라사이트 moon.

But perhaps most gloriously, a late American inventor was awarded a ¡°safety engineering¡± prize for a device, patented in 1972, to trap aircraft hijackers by dropping 바카라사이트m through trap doors, sealing 바카라사이트m into a package and dropping 바카라사이트 package out of 바카라사이트 plane ¨C only to parachute into 바카라사이트 arms of alerted policemen waiting on 바카라사이트 ground.

This year¡¯s Nobel Prizes will be awarded in 바카라사이트 second week of October.

See 2012 Ig Nobel Prize winners here

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