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There is the Nobel Prize, and then there’s the Ig Nobel Prize. The annual ceremony held last night at Harvard, is a parody of the former mentioned Nobel Prize, where ten real achievements in research are meant to “first make people laugh, and then make them think”.
Among several laureates who accepted these comical research findings was Dr. Elena Bodnar, a Ukraine native, who with the help of Dr. Raphael Lee and Sandra Marijan patented “an ordinary brassiere that can be transformed into a pair of gas masks.” By adding extra filters layers into each cup, the bra can then be fastened around the head and over the face.
Gas mask made out of a ladies' lingerie (bbc.co.uk)
Dr. Donald L. Unger, of Thousand Oaks, California received the Medical Prize for taking onto himself a lifelong research project cracking his knuckles:
He found “the possible cause of arthritis in the fingers, by diligently cracking the knuckles of his left hand — but never cracking the knuckles of his right hand — every day for more than 60 years.”
The Ig Nobel Peace Prize went to Researchers and Physicians of University of Bern, Switzerland:
“Dr. Stephan Bolliger Dr. Steffen Ross, Dr. Lars Oesterhelweg, Dr. Michael Thali, and Beat Kneubuehl for determining — by experiment — whether it is better to be smashed over the head with a full bottle of beer or with an empty bottle.”
The Ig Nobel Prize for Veterinary Medicine went to Dr. Catherine Douglas and Dr. Peter Rowlinson of Newcastle University, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK.
“for showing that cows who have names give more milk than cows that are nameless.” In spirit of things, Dr. Douglas dedicated the award to Purslane, Wendy and Tina – “the nicest cows I have ever known”.
Some of the other winners include a researcher who found that panda droppings break down garbage and a scientist who was able to mathematically calculate that pregnant women have the best sense of gravity and cannot fall over.
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I highly recommend Dr. Unger be invited to sit in on one or more of “The Doctors” shows on TV to give his opinions and comments regarding knuckle cracking and/or a host of other topics. He would be welcomed with many sincere handshakes and unending applause. His knowledge and sense of humor would fit into that show perfectly.
I’m certain Dr Unger would be a very welcome guest on The Doctors show, the Dr Oz show, and almost any other show that deals with medical information, issues, or anomalies where humor would be welcomed and preferably one where audience participation and/or comments & questions are allowed. Late night shows might even be considered. I do wonder how he’d do on the Dr. Phil show. Inclusion on Network news broadcasts might also be a consideration. In my opinion occasional humor injected into news broadcasts at appropriate times (especially with some participation by news and other broadcast personnel) would be a welcome relief especially during this time wherein we’re so concerned about the Swine flu and we are bombarded almost constantly with depressing news (as is typical).
I’d also highly recommend that Dr Unger do all he can to set up his own show on a syndicated TV station at an appropriate time (preferably one that would draw the largest audience).
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Very Nice Blog!!
I am really very happy to know that Dr. Donald was awarded for his researches on arthritis as a Nobel Prize.
Very Nice Blog!!
I am really very happy to know that Dr. Donald was awarded for his researches on arthritis as a Nobel Prize.