A little humorous and sciences in the end of the day :) Why bananas are slippery or list of winner the Ig Nobel Prizes 2014 The Ig Nobel Prizes are a parody of the Nobel Prizes and covers research that is both unusual and humorous. The prize in physics have won the team from Japan, which explore the question of why bananas are so slippery by measuring the friction of banana skin in the lab, showing that it is more dangerous than apple or orange peel. The prize in medicine has won a study on how to treat nosebleeds using strips of cured pork. The prize in arctic science won a study on “how reindeer reacts on people who are disguised under polar bears”. The prize in neuroscience has won the team from the University of Toronto, which explored what happens in the brains of people who see the face of Jesus in such things as slice of toast. They detected that pattern recognition is hardwired into people. Lead scientist Kang Lee said that it completely normal if you see non-existent faces in everyday objects.”
Posted on: Wed, 01 Oct 2014 16:30:00 +0000