2012年十大搞笑诺贝尔奖

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.
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
7. 2012年搞笑诺贝尔奖之物理学奖

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!
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
8. 2012年搞笑诺贝尔奖之流体力学奖

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.
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
9. 2012年搞笑诺贝尔奖之解剖学奖

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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。

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.
10. 2012年搞笑诺贝尔奖之医学奖

10. The 2012 Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine
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。