The beard protects against blows, and the orgasm clears the nose - for which they were awarded the Shnobel Prize
Miscellaneous / / September 10, 2021
The parody analogue of the Nobel Prize again surprises with incredible research.
The 31st Shnobel Prize Ceremony took place in the USA. Within its framework, awards are given for strange, controversial and sometimes even comical research that "makes you laugh first and then think." Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event was held online.
The list of all laureates in 2021 is already published on the website of the award. Below is a summary of each award-winning study.
Biology
Laureate: Suzanne Schots (Sweden).
Awarded for research and in-depth analysis of variations in purring, chirping, chirping, chirping, meowing, groaning, squeaking, hissing, howling, growling and other ways of communicating between a cat and a person.
Ecology
Laureates: Leila Satari, Albe Guillen, Angela Vidal Verdu and Manuel (Spain).
A team of scientists from Spain was awarded for the use of genetic analysis to identify various bacterial species found in discarded packs of chewing gum stuck on sidewalks in various countries.
Chemistry
Laureates: Jörg Wicker, Nicholas Crowter, Bettina Derstroff, Christoph Stenner, Efstratios Burcukidis, Achim Edtbauer, Jochen Wolf, Thomas Klupfel, Stefan Kramer and Jonathan Williams (Germany).
Award for the chemical analysis of the air in cinemas, which checked whether the odors emitted by the audience really were indicate the level of violence, sex, antisocial behavior, drug use and profanity in the film that viewers are watching.
Economy
Laureate: Pavel Blavatsky (France)
A scientist from France was awarded for the discovery that the obesity of a country's politicians can be a good indicator of corruption in that country.
Medicine
Laureates: Olchay Cem Bulut, Dar Oladokun, Burkard Lippert and Ralph Hohenberger (Turkey, Germany, Great Britain).
Awarded for demonstrating that sexual orgasm can be as effective as decongestants in improving breathing and fighting the common cold.
Physics
Laureates: Alessandro Corbetta, Jasper Meeusen, Chung-min Lee, Roberto Benzi and Federico Toschi (Netherlands, USA, Taiwan and Italy)
This group of scientists received an award for conducting experiments to find out why pedestrians do not collide with each other.
Kinetics
Laureates: Hisashi Murakami, Claudio Felitsiani, Utah Nishiyama and Katsuhiro Nishinari (Switzerland, Italy and Japan)
Reverse research with an experiment to find out why pedestrians sometimes collide with each other.
Entomology
Laureates: John Mulrennan Jr., Roger Grothhouse, Charles Hammond and Jay Lamdin (USA).
Scientists from the United States received an award for new research on methods of fighting cockroaches in submarines.
Transport
Laureates: Robin Radcliffe, Mark Jago, Peter Morckel, Estelle Morckel, Pierre du Pré, Pete Beitell, Birgit Cotting and others (Namibia, Tanzania, South Africa, Brazil, USA, UK).
A huge international team was awarded for an experiment that proved that it is safer to transport a rhinoceros through the air upside down - in limbo.
Peace Prize
Laureates: Ethan Beseris, Stephen Naleway and David Carrier (USA)
A special award was given to a group of scientists from the United States, who proved the hypothesis that people began to grow beards to protect themselves from blows to the face.
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