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To the Brazilian president Jair bolsonaro, to the British Prime Minister Boris johnson, to the Indian head of state Narendra modi, the American Donald trump, at the head of the Kremlin Vladimir Putin and the turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The leaders of Mexico, Belarus and Turkmenistan were also awarded
In the midst of a pandemic, the credit that is recognized is that, according to the motivation, of:
Having used the Covid-19 pandemic to teach the world that politicians can have a more immediate effect on life and death than scientists and doctors.
All leaders have something in common, having denied the power of the coronavirus, its effects, minimizing and changing policies continuously and leading their countries to be the most affected.
The Harvard-sponsored ceremony
The traditional awards ceremony, promoted by the magazine Annals of improbable investigations Thanks to funding from science fiction associations and physics students from Harvard University, this year he was unable to take the stage due to a pandemic and was held online. In the prize (a box to self-assemble from a pdf and an off-course ticket) the essence of this year’s “bugs” themed event, in all its forms, from insects to computer bugs.
The prizes awarded in 2020
Acoustic category. A team of international researchers took the podium to investigate the characteristic vocalizations of Chinese alligators (Alligator sinensis). IgNobel quotes: “For inducing a Chinese alligator to moo in an airtight chamber enriched with helium.” The objective was to understand if in their vocalizations there were those known in acoustics as “formants” that they could use to communicate information about their size.
Psychology: Narcissists can be recognized by their eyebrows. The IgNobel Award for Rhythm 2020 goes to India and Pakistan in the event that “their diplomats’ doorbells are quietly ringing in the middle of the night and then they run away before anyone has a chance to answer.” For him Physical Ivan Maksymov and Andriy Pototsky were awarded for a study on Scientific reports with which “they determined, experimentally, what happens to the shape of a living worm when it vibrates at high frequencies.”
Medicine was awarded to the Netherlands and Belgium for “diagnosing misophonia as a medical condition: stress from hearing the noise of other people chewing.” economy. The results of a study published last year in Scientific reports finds a correlation between kisses and income: kissing on the mouth more in countries where income inequalities are higher, write the researchers, an international team, which also includes the Italian Samuela bolgan, professor of psychology, then researcher at the University of Abertay who participated in the work.
