The Ig scientific awards, the so-called “Nobel of the mad scientist”. The awards are given to crazy scientific research from the previous year, or according to the humorous journal Annals of Improbable Research, “things that at first make us laugh but then make us think.”
Each of this year’s winners received or shared with the rest of their research team, in addition to their “honorary” award, a 10 trillion Zimbabwe dollar note (where inflation this year is running close to 200%).
The prizes
Applied cardiology
To the scientists who showed that when patients are subjected to some forms of toxic chemotherapysuffer fewer side effects when ice cream replaces one of the traditional ingredients in the process.
Peace
For developing an algorithm that helps gossipers decide when to tell the truth and when not.
Finance
For the mathematical explanation of why success often comes not to the most talented, but to the luckiest.
Source: News Beast
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