SoT 74: 2012 Ig Nobel Prizes
Hosts:\xa0Ed Brown, Dr. Shayne Joseph, Penny Dumsday, Dr. Maia Sauren.
\n\nThe Ig Nobel Prizes honour achievements that first make us laugh, then make us think. We take a look at this year\u2019s winners: from ponytails to reports about reports about reports.\n\nPsychology prize: Lean a little to the left, do I look shorter to you?\nPeace prize: Ammo is a girl\u2019s best friend?\nAcoustics prize: The SpeechJammer. The shut up machine for the passive aggressive.\nNeuroscience prize: Scanning Dead Salmon in fMRI Machine Highlights Risk of Red Herrings\nChemistry prize: Why Did Hair Turn Green for Residents of a Certain Town?\nLiterature prize: I think we need another report.\nPhysics prize: Like How Your Hair Hangs? Praise the Laws of Physics\nFluid dynamics prize: Physicists Dive into Oscillation Frequency of Coffee\nAnatomy prize: Chimps can recognise friends by their behinds\nMedicine prize: When people explode during colonoscopies\n