Harvard announced the names of winners of the IG Nobel prize – REN TV

at Harvard University In 26-th time handed the IG Nobel prize. Among the winners this year are works, which only makes you smile, and there are over which should think.

the second is the study of the Egyptian Ahmed Shafiq on the influence of polyester panties on male reproductive function. Despite the apparent fun theme, during the experiments, scientist found that men who wear tight underwear in semen decreases sperm count. At the same time, Shafiq gave a scientific justification of this phenomenon.

the Winners of shnobelevki on the economy of steel mark EVIS, Sarah Forbes and Sheila Ferguson, who studied how a person can perceive the personal qualities… of the stones. Scientists wanted to test the famous theory of “personality brand”, according to which people evaluate the brand as a person. For example, often the car owners communicate with their cars like living beings, likewise, are many women to their outfits. It turned out that this theory works when applied even to stones, and thus it holds.

the Prize in physics was awarded to nine scientists from Hungary, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland, who figured out why flies don’t sting white horses, and dragonflies love to land on black tombstones. It turned out, the reason for the specific design of the eye. Horseflies do not take the white color, and therefore goes past such horses. And dragonflies perceive black tombstones like water.

Shnobelevku in chemistry earned carmaker Volkswagen for a solution to the problem of automotive pollution.” The reason was the scandal that cost the group at 14.7 billion dollars. The company has developed software that significantly reduced emissions automobile into the atmosphere. And all in order to fool the system for environmental monitoring.

the Prize for medicine was awarded to scientists who figured out how to reduce the itching if it becomes unbearable, but you cannot scratch where it itches. Remember how in my childhood I wanted to scratch the Mantoux test. Experiments have shown that there is a solution. If, for example, itchy right hand, you have to stand in front of the mirror and scratch your left in the same place. The laureates showed how psychosomatic works on specific diseases.

Shnobelevku “for peace” received a study on how people recognize pseudo-scientific nonsense. Believe such information, especially those who believe in the supernatural.

However, there were winners that make you laugh from the soul, So, Charles foster explored what it’s like to be a beast. He tried to get into the skin of the badger, otter, foxes, deer and swift. Another winner is Thomas Thwaites – tried to understand what it’s like to be a goat. He got prostheses, and special clothing with the device, which could nibble the grass, as if to digest it.

the Prize for literature was awarded to Fredrik Sjöberg, who wrote in his autobiography, what pleasure it gives to collect flies, both dead and still alive. And in the “psychology of perception” was awarded the Japanese, who are told how much different everything looks around, if you bend down and look at everything between his own legs.