Ig Nobel Awards 2017

The Ig Nobel awards are given for achievements that first make people laugh then make them think. On September 14, 2017 at the 27th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony, at Harvard's Sanders Theatre, the following prizes were awarded.

• Physics, Using fluid dynamics to probe the question "Can a Cat Be Both a Solid and a Liquid?"
• Peace, Demonstrating that regular playing of a didgeridoo is an effective treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea (sic) and snoring.
• Economics, Experiments to see how contact with a live crocodile affects a person's willingness to gamble.
• Anatomy, medical research study "Why Do Old Men Have Big Ears?"
• Biology, Discovery of a female penis, and a male vagina, in a cave insect.
• Fluid Dynamics, Studying the dynamics of liquid-sloshing, to learn what happens when a person walks backwards while carrying a cup of coffee.
• Nutrition, First scientific report of human blood in the diet of the hairy-legged vampire bat.
• Medicine, Using advanced brain-scanning technology to measure the extent to which some people are disgusted by cheese.