2014 Ig Nobels recognize the truly outrageous offerings of modern science
The winners of the 24th Annual Ig Nobel Awards have been announced. They were honoured at Harvard University last week. The awards recognize the best of improbable research, and are a perennial favourite here at As It Happens. Ig Nobel Master of Ceremonies Mark Abrahams tells Carol about notable 2014 winners....
The winners of the 24th Annual Ig Nobel Awards have been announced. They were honoured at Harvard University last week. The awards recognize the best of improbable research, and are a perennial favourite here at As It Happens. Ig Nobel Master of Ceremonies Mark Abrahams tells Carol about notable 2014 winners.
'If you don't see the face of Jesus in a piece of toast - and other people do - you may be having some problems'
The Neuroscience Ig Nobel went to a Chinese-Canadian collaboration intent of examining what happens in the brains of people who see Jesus in a piece of toast.
A Czech team took the biology prize for their work in documenting the alignment of dogs' bodies when they poop.
'The Physics prize went to a Japanese team who - very carefully - measured the amount of friction between a shoe and a banana skin, and between a banana skin and the floor'
This year's Ig Nobel in Physics was awarded for work on the Frictional Coefficient Under Banana Skin
You can see a complete list of 2014 Ig Nobel winners, here.
Kiyoshi Mabuchi of Japan accepts the Physics Prize for his study "Frictional Coefficient under Banana Skin"