2012年十大搞笑诺贝尔奖

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
1. 2012年搞笑诺贝尔奖之心理学奖

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."
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
2. 2012年搞笑诺贝尔奖之和平奖

To SKN Company in Russia for exploding old Russian ammunition and creating diamonds. Now that`s recycling!
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
3. 2012年搞笑诺贝尔奖之声学奖

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.
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
4. 2012年搞笑诺贝尔奖之神经科学奖

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
5. 2012年搞笑诺贝尔奖之化学奖

Anderslöv, Sweden was plagued by residents with green hair. Johan Pettersson discovered that there was too much copper in their water.
Johan Pettersson被授予搞笑化学奖，以表彰其揭示了瑞典小城Anderslöv居民的头发会变绿的原因，因为这里的水中含铜量太大。