Ig Nobel Prizes honor research on why coffee spills when you walk

[jsr]

http://www.modbee.com/2012/09/24/2387192/ig-nobel-prizes-honor-research.html

Ig Nobel Prizes honor research on why coffee spills when you walk
By KAREN KAPLAN
Los Angeles Times

The Neuroscience Prize went to four Americans who showed it was possible to pick up signs of brain activity in a dead salmon...

The Fluid Dynamics Prize went to a team for solving the riddle of why a person walking with a cup of coffee is likely to spill it...

The Medicine Prize was bestowed upon two French doctors for their helpful advice on how to minimize the risk that gas in the colon will cause a patient to explode during a colonoscopy.

The Anatomy Prize recognized scientists who discovered that chimpanzees can recognize each other by viewing photographs of their companions' rear ends.

[valerief]

1. You can explode during a colonoscopy??????

Holy Mitt!!!! I never knew that.

I do know about spilling coffee. I walk from the office cafeteria with coffee half-filled in a big mug. It doesn't spill.

[Kalidurga]

2. We clearly need smarter scientists...

And a bomb squad in the OR when patients get a colonoscopy.

[DreamGypsy]

3. Hey, I presented this post to my dogs...

... and they claim prior art in the anal area identification award.

Where's the phone number for my lawyer ???

[xchrom]

4. I know why it spills. Cause I'm a KLUTZ!11 nt