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This year’s most outstanding research has been awarded

On September 3, the Ig Nobel Prizes were held, which reward “achievements that first create ridicule and then make us think”.

As every year, the Ig Nobel Prize Award Ceremony has been held to recognise the year’s most unique research. Although at first glance they may seem ridiculous, they pay tribute to studies with scientific merit and that can have an unexpected impact on society.

This year has been the 36th edition and after 35 years in Boston (USA) it has been held in Zürich (Switzerland). It is still planned to be held in a European city due to international passenger safety concerns. Four of last year’s ten winners chose not to attend the ceremony for not traveling to the U.S., and the situation has not improved.

The award-winning research in ten categories has been

Biomechanics

They have come up with a more precise definition of the kiss: "non-agonistic interaction involving targeted specific mouth-to-mouth contact, with some movement of the mouth or parts thereof and without food transfer."

Economic sciences

High-class people have been shown to be more likely to steal children’s candy and engage in other unethical behavior.

Chemistry

It has been discovered that milk proteins from a bivalve cockroach species have three times more energy than cow's milk proteins.

Medicine

“How to sweat. The study “Aerodynamic study of taping” has been awarded.

Biology

They analyze what drives a venomous snake to bite a human being and what doesn’t. To do this, several parts of the body of poisonous snakes have been gently crushed, several times, at different temperatures and at different times of the day.