IG NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS
Added on: 5th Jul 2015
ENGINEERING: KARINA ACEVEDO-WHITEHOUSE AND
AGNES ROCHA-GOSSELIN OF THE ZOOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF LONDON FOR PERFECTING A METHOD TO
COLLECT WHALE SNOT, USING A REMOTE-CONTROL
HELICOPTER.
ECONOMICS: THE EXECUTIVES AND DIRECTORS OF
GOLDMAN SACHS, AIG, LEHMAN BROTHERS, BEAR STEARNS,
MERRILL LYNCH, AND MAGNETAR FOR CREATING AND
PROMOTING NEW WAYS TO INVEST MONEY—WAYS THAT
MAXIMIZE FINANCIAL GAIN AND MINIMIZE FINANCIAL RISK
FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY, OR FOR A PORTION THEREOF.
CHEMISTRY: ERIC ADAMS, SCOTT SOCOLOFSKY,
STEPHEN MASUTANI AND BP, FOR DISPROVING THE
OLD BELIEF THAT OIL AND WATER DON'T MIX.
VETERINARY MEDICINE: CATHERINE DOUGLAS AND
PETER ROWLINSON OF NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY, UK,
FOR SHOWING THAT COWS WITH NAMES GIVE MORE
MILK THAN COWS THAT ARE NAMELESS.
MATHEMATICS: GIDEON GONO, GOVERNOR OF ZIMBABWE'S
RESERVE BANK, FOR GIVING PEOPLE A SIMPLE,
EVERYDAY WAY TO COPE WITH A WIDE RANGE OF
NUMBERS BY HAVING HIS BANK PRINT NOTES WITH
DENOMINATIONS RANGING FROM ONE CENT TO
ONE HUNDRED TRILLION DOLLARS.
BIOLOGY: FUMIAKI TAGUCHI AND SONG GUOFU OF
KITASATO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF
MEDICAL SCIENCES IN SAGAMIHARA, JAPAN, FOR
DEMONSTRATING THAT KITCHEN REFUSE CAN BE
REDUCED MORE THAN 90% IN MASS BY USING BACTERIA
EXTRACTED FROM THE FAECES OF GIANT PANDAS.
BIOLOGY: CHRISTEL JOUBERT, AND MICHEL FRANC,
FOR DISCOVERING THAT FLEAS THAT LIVE ON DOGS
JUMP HIGHER THAN FLEAS THAT LIVE ON CATS
PHYSICS: LAKSHMINARAYANAN MAHADEVAN AND
ENRIQUE CERDA VILLABLANCA FOR THEIR THEORETICAL
STUDY OF HOW SHEETS BECOME WRINKLED
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