The so-called “LG Nobel Prizes” were awarded in the United States on Friday evening. Scientific studies designed to encourage “laugh first, then think” were honored. A research team from Austria is also among the prize winners.
Together with researchers from the Netherlands, Guatemala and the US, they have been working on “ritual colonic irrigation scenes on ancient Mayan pottery”. For this, they received the 32nd LG Nobel Prize in the Art History category. The fun prize will not be awarded and, according to the organizers, is intended to “celebrate the unusual and honor the imaginative”.
“lg” is pronounced “base”, which translates as dishonorable. Ten prizes were awarded in total. Swedish researcher Magnus Gens received an award in the safety technology category for his moose crash test dummies. His research mainly focused on the effects that a collision with a moose can have on a car.
Mathematical explanation for success
Other award winners, for example, dealt with the heartbeats of couples who have just fallen in love or offered a mathematical explanation of why it is usually not the most talented people who are successful, but the lucky ones. Another excellent algorithm aims to help gossip spreaders decide when to lie and when to tell the truth.
“Let me tell you all: you’re not really doing science if you’re not enjoying it,” said one of the award-winning scientists in his acceptance speech. The traditionally strident gala, which normally takes place in a theater at the elite Harvard University, was held as a purely online event for the third time due to the corona pandemic. “If you didn’t win an LG Nobel Prize this year, and especially if you did, you’ll be luckier next year,” concluded moderator Marc Abrahams, editor of a scientific journal about curious research.
Source: Krone
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