在過去的一年里，好奇的科學(xué)家們又取得了許多重要的發(fā)現(xiàn)，比如為什么袋熊的便便是方的？多吃披薩能長(zhǎng)壽？？男人左右陰囊哪個(gè)溫度高？？？

這些了不起的發(fā)現(xiàn)，都在2019年的第29屆搞笑諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)?lì)C獎(jiǎng)典禮上得到了表彰。

Ten awards were handed out on Thursday at the annual ceremony at Harvard University in the US.

星期四，美國(guó)哈佛大學(xué)舉行了一年一度的搞笑諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)?lì)C獎(jiǎng)典禮，共頒發(fā)了10個(gè)獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)。

Now in their 29th year, the awards included a chemistry prize for Japanese scientists who calculated how much saliva a typical five-year-old produces in one day ; an engineering prize for an Iranian inventor’s nappy-changing machine; and an economics prize for Dutch researchers who discovered that banknotes can spread infectious microbes.

搞笑諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)今年已經(jīng)是第29個(gè)屆。日本科學(xué)家因?yàn)橛?jì)算了5歲兒童一天產(chǎn)生的唾液量 本站獲化學(xué)獎(jiǎng); 伊朗科學(xué)家發(fā)明出換尿布機(jī) 獲得工程獎(jiǎng)；荷蘭研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)鈔票會(huì)傳播傳染性病菌 獲得經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)獎(jiǎng).

Via The Guardian

意大利科學(xué)家：多吃披薩能長(zhǎng)生不老？

Italian scientists won the medicine prize for pursuing the idea that pizzas offer protection against death, a question they never quite managed to answer.

意大利科學(xué)家因?yàn)樘岢龀员人_能預(yù)防死亡 的想法而贏得了醫(yī)學(xué)獎(jiǎng)，雖然這個(gè)問題他們從未完全證實(shí)過。

Via The Guardian

Silvano Gallus won an Ig Nobel for his research that found yes, pizza is good for you. Well, maybe just pizza that’s made and consumed in Italy.

意大利科學(xué)家Silvano Gallus研究發(fā)現(xiàn)吃披薩有好處。好吧，也許只是因?yàn)橐獯罄桥_的制作和消費(fèi)大國(guó)？

“We found that pizza consumption in Italy was protective for many chronic diseases that are known to be influenced by diet: digestive tract cancers and infarction,” Gallus said in an email.

“我們發(fā)現(xiàn)意大利人吃披薩對(duì)許多已知受飲食影響的慢性疾病有預(yù)防作用 ，比如消化道癌癥和梗塞，”Gallus在電子郵件中說。

Via Huffpost

男性左右睪丸哪個(gè)溫度更高？為了研究這個(gè)羞羞的問題，生育專家Roger Mieusset和Bourras Bengoudifa測(cè)量了11位法國(guó)郵遞員的睪丸的溫度……

The researchers explained their experiment involved measuring scrotal temperatures with probes every two minutes.

研究人員解釋說他們要求實(shí)驗(yàn)對(duì)象每?jī)煞昼娪锰结槣y(cè)量陰囊溫度。

They asked 11 postal workers to stand for 90 minutes while they measured the temperature of their scrotums.

11名郵政工人要保持站立90分鐘，測(cè)量陰囊溫度。

According to his studies, the left one is warmer, but only when a man has his clothes on.

根據(jù)他的研究，左邊的一個(gè)更溫暖，但是，只是當(dāng)男人穿著褲子的時(shí)候。

Via BBC

Mieusset has invented heated pants for men to wear as an aid to contraception.

Mieusset之前還發(fā)明了男士加熱內(nèi)褲作為避孕的輔助手段。

Via The Guardian

為什么袋熊的便便是方的？

Patricia Yang and David Hu, both engineers at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, celebrated their second Ig Nobel prize at the ceremony.

Patricia Yang和David Hu都是亞特蘭大喬治亞理工學(xué)院的工程師，他們?cè)陬C獎(jiǎng)典禮上收獲他們第二個(gè)搞笑諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)。

This year, the two share the physics prize for working out how wombats make cube-shaped faeces. The feat, thought to be unique in the animal world, helps them construct stable piles of dung to mark their territory.

今年，兩人因?yàn)檠芯看芘懦龇叫渭S便的方式和原因，共同獲得了搞笑諾貝爾物理獎(jiǎng)。正方體的便便被認(rèn)為在動(dòng)物世界中是獨(dú)一無二的，可以幫助袋熊建造穩(wěn)定的糞堆來標(biāo)記它們的領(lǐng)土。

Via The Guardian

按照傳統(tǒng)，所有這些贏家都會(huì)獲得一筆“巨款”。

The winners received $10 trillion Zimbabwean dollars, which is virtually worthless, and each was given one minute to deliver an acceptance speech enforced by an 8-year-old girl whining “Please stop. I’m bored.”

每一個(gè)獲獎(jiǎng)團(tuán)隊(duì)或個(gè)人將獲得：10萬億津巴布韋幣，實(shí)際上在津巴布韋，由于驚人的通貨膨脹，這點(diǎn)錢幾乎可以忽略不計(jì)。所有獲獎(jiǎng)?wù)甙l(fā)表獲獎(jiǎng)感言的時(shí)間只有60秒，如果超時(shí)就會(huì)有一個(gè)8歲小女孩對(duì)著你大吼大叫：“快停下吧！太無聊啦！”

Via Huffpost

每一年的獲獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)目，都是一開始讓你發(fā)笑，但是背后卻有重要科學(xué)意義。

圖文：BBC，Guardian，Huffpost