6. The 2012 Ig Nobel Prize for Literature
Believe it or not, this prize went to the US Government General Accountability Office (GAO) for issuing a report that recommended a report about another report of reports recommending reports... or something like that。
6. 2012年搞笑諾貝爾獎之文學獎
無論你相信與否，今年的搞笑文學獎被授予美國政府審計總署(GAO)，以表彰他們發表的有關如何準備一份報告的報告的報告的報告……
7. The 2012 Ig Nobel Physics Prize
You'd love to know the balance of forces that shape and move your ponytail, right? That's why Joseph Keller, Raymond Goldstein, Patrick Warren and Robin Ball received this igNOMINIOUS prize!
7. 2012年搞笑諾貝爾獎之物理學獎
Joseph Keller、Raymond Goldstein、Patrick Warren和Robin Ball獲此殊榮，他們的研究課題是“人類馬尾辮中頭發的運動及受力平衡”。
8. The 2012 Ig Nobel Fluid Dynamics Prize
To Rouslan Krechetnikov and Hans Mayer for studying the dynamics of liquid-sloshing, to learn what happens when a person walks while carrying a cup of coffee. I'll give you a hint: it happens between step 7 and 10.
8. 2012年搞笑諾貝爾獎之流體力學獎
Rouslan Krechetnikov和Hans Mayer對液體的濺出現象進行了研究。他們考察的課題是：人們在端著咖啡杯走動時咖啡的濺出情況，給你個提示吧，在你走到第七步至第十步之間，咖啡最容易濺出。
9. The 2012 Ig Nobel Anatomy Prize
Recognize me?: image via blog.discoverymagazine.com
To Frans de Waal [The Netherlands and USA] and Jennifer Pokorny [USA] for discovering that chimpanzees can recognize other chimpanzees from seeing photographs of their rear ends。
9. 2012年搞笑諾貝爾獎之解剖學獎
具有荷蘭和美國雙重國籍的Frans de Waal和另一位美國科學家Jennifer Pokorny獲得這一獎項，他們的研究確認黑猩猩可以通過辨認同類的屁股照片來認出不同的個體。
10. The 2012 Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine
Gastroenterologists throughout the world will no doubt thank Emmanuel Ben-Soussan and Michel Antonietti for recommending ways that they can minimize patient' gas explosions while the docs perform colonoscopies。
10. 2012年搞笑諾貝爾獎之醫學獎
毫無疑問，全世界的腸胃病學家都會感謝Emmanuel Ben-Soussan和Michel Antonietti，因為他們的研究給出了醫生該如何進行結腸鏡檢查的推薦，從而讓他們的病人發生氣體爆炸的可能性降至最低。
