Each year, Harvard University in the United States rewards, with its “Anti-Nobel”, researchers who have carried out studies which “first make people laugh, then make them think”.
This year, no French research team has been rewarded. Unlike last year when researchers from Grenoble received the anti-Nobel Prize in psychology for a study showing that the more beer you drink, the more beautiful we are.
The complete list of award-winning studies
Physics: The measurement of the friction between a shoe sole and a banana peel and between the banana peel and the ground when sliding on it.
Neuroscience: Why it’s perfectly normal to see the face of Jesus on toast.
Psychology: Night owls are more manipulative and narcissistic than early risers.
Health : Having a cat in the house is dangerous for your mental health.
Biology: Dogs orient themselves on the magnetic field to defecate.
Art: When someone shoots you in the hand with a laser, the pain is more acute if you look at a poor quality painting than if you look at a masterpiece.
Economy: the prize is awarded to the National Institute of Statistical Studies of Italy for “having proudly taken the lead and fulfilled the mandate of the European Union for each country to increase the official size of its national economy by including income from prostitution , illegal drug sales, smuggling and other illegal financial transactions “.
Medicine: Slices of bacon in the nose are used to treat nasal bleeding.
Arctic science: How do reindeer react when they see men dressed as polar bears?
Nutrition: Can the contents of baby diapers be used to ferment sausages?
Alas, the jury did not award a probability prize this year. A year ago, the English and Dutch researchers had reaped great success with their study showing that “” the longer a cow is lying down, the more likely it is to get up soon “.
