2024年 イグノーベル賞 受賞者一覧
2024年のイグノーベル賞は、頭髪のつむじの向きと南北半球、牛の背に猫を乗せ紙袋を破裂させる実験、植物が人工植物の葉の形をまねる可能性、酔った線虫と素面の線虫を分ける方法など全10部門を収録。
受賞者一覧
頭髪のつむじの向きと南北半球
人のつむじの巻き方に、住む半球で違いがあるかを調べた研究。
Marjolaine Willems, Quentin Hennocq, Sara Tunon de Lara, Nicolas Kogane, Vincent Fleury, Romy Rayssiguier, Juan José Cortés Santander, Roberto Requena, Julien Stirnemann, and Roman Hossein Khonsari, for studying whether the hair on the heads of most people in the northern hemisphere swirls in the same direction (clockwise or counter-clockwise?) as hair on the heads of most people in the southern hemisphere. REFERENCE: “Genetic Determinism and Hemispheric Influence in Hair Whorl Formation,” Marjolaine Willems, Quentin Hennocq, Sara Tunon de Lara, Nicolas Kogane, Vincent Fleury, Romy Rayssiguier, Juan José Cortés Santander, Roberto Requena, Julien Stirnemann, and Roman Hossein Khonsari, Journal of Stomatology, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, vol. 125, no. 2, April 2024, article 101664. <doi.org/10.1016/j.jormas.2023.101664> WHO CAME TO THE CEREMONY: Marjolaine Willems and Roman Khonsari
- 受賞者
- Marjolaine Willems, Quentin Hennocq, Sara Tunon de Lara, Nicolas Kogane, Vincent Fleury, Romy Rayssiguier, Juan Jose Cortes Santander, Roberto Requena, Julien Stirnemann, Roman Hossein Khonsari
- 分野
- 解剖学部門
牛の背に猫を乗せ紙袋を破裂させる実験
牛乳が出る仕組みを探るため、当時の研究者がかなり強い刺激条件を試した古典研究。
Fordyce Ely and William E. Petersen, for exploding a paper bag next to a cat that’s standing on the back of a cow, to explore how and when cows spew their milk. REFERENCE: “Factors Involved in the Ejection of Milk,” Fordyce Ely and W.E. Petersen, Journal of Dairy Science, vol. 3, 1941, pp. 211- 23. <doi.org/10.1093/ansci/1939.1.80> WHO CAME TO THE CEREMONY: Fordyce Ely’s daughter Jane Ely Wells and grandson Matt Wells
- 受賞者
- Fordyce Ely, William E. Petersen
- 分野
- 生物学部門
植物が人工植物の葉の形をまねる可能性
つる植物が周囲の葉の形に似る現象を、人工物を使って検討した研究。
Jacob White and Felipe Yamashita, for finding evidence that some real plants imitate the shapes of neighboring artificial plastic plants. REFERENCE: “Boquila trifoliolata Mimics Leaves of an Artificial Plastic Host Plant,” Jacob White and Felipe Yamashita, Plant Signaling and Behavior, vol. 17, no. 1, 2022. <doi.org/10.1080%2F15592324.2021.1977530> WHO CAME TO THE CEREMONY: Felipe Yamashita
- 受賞者
- Jacob White, Felipe Yamashita
- 分野
- 植物学部門
酔った線虫と素面の線虫を分ける方法
クロマトグラフィーの発想を、活動状態の違う微小な生き物の分離に応用した研究。
Tess Heeremans, Antoine Deblais, Daniel Bonn, and Sander Woutersen, for using chromatography to separate drunk and sober worms. REFERENCE: “Chromatographic Separation of Active Polymer–Like Worm Mixtures by Contour Length and Activity,” Tess Heeremans, Antoine Deblais, Daniel Bonn, and Sander Woutersen, Science Advances, vol. 8, no. 23, 2022, article eabj7918. <doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abj7918> WHO CAME TO THE CEREMONY: Tess Heeremans, Antoine Deblais, Daniel Bonn, Sander Woutersen
- 受賞者
- Tess Heeremans, Antoine Deblais, Daniel Bonn, Sander Woutersen
- 分野
- 化学部門
超長寿記録と記録管理のあやしさ
極端な長寿記録が、出生・死亡記録の弱い地域に偏る問題を調べた研究。
Saul Justin Newman, for detective work to discover that many of the people famous for having the longest lives lived in places that had lousy birth-and-death recordkeeping. REFERENCE: “Supercentenarian and Remarkable Age Records Exhibit Patterns Indicative of Clerical Errors and Pension Fraud,” Saul Justin Newman, BioRxiv, 2024. <doi.org/10.1101/704080> WHO CAME TO THE CEREMONY: Saul Justin Newman
- 受賞者
- Saul Justin Newman
- 分野
- 人口統計学部門
痛い副作用がある偽薬は効きやすく見えるか
副作用らしさが治療効果の期待にどう影響するかを調べた研究。
Lieven A. Schenk, Tahmine Fadai, and Christian Büchel, for demonstrating that fake medicine that causes painful side-effects can be more effective than fake medicine that does not cause painful side-effects. REFERENCE: “How Side Effects Can Improve Treatment Efficacy: A Randomized Trial,” Lieven A. Schenk, Tahmine Fadai, and Christian Büchel, Brain, vol. 147, no. 8, August 2024, pp. 2643–2651. <doi.org/10.1093/brain/awae132> WHO CAME TO THE CEREMONY: Lieven Schenk.
- 受賞者
- Lieven A. Schenk, Tahmine Fadai, Christian Buchel
- 分野
- 医学部門
ミサイル誘導に鳩を使う構想
動物の学習能力を軍事技術へ使えないかと考えた、時代性の強い研究。
B.F. Skinner, for experiments to see the feasibility of housing live pigeons inside missiles to guide the flight paths of the missiles. REFERENCE: “Pigeons in a Pelican”, B.F. Skinner, American Psychologist, vol 15, no. 1, 1960, pp. 28-37. <psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/h0045345> WHO CAME TO THE CEREMONY: B.F. Skinner’s daughter, Julie Skinner Vargas
- 受賞者
- B. F. Skinner
- 分野
- 平和部門
死んだ魚が流れの中で泳ぐように見える理由
水流と体の形が作る運動を、魚の動きとして読み解いた研究。
James C. Liao, for demonstrating and explaining the swimming abilities of a dead trout. REFERENCE: “Neuromuscular Control of Trout Swimming in a Vortex Street: Implications for Energy Economy During the Kármán Gait,” James C. Liao, The Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 207, 2004, pp. 3495-3506. <doi.org/10.1242/jeb.01125> REFERENCE: “Passive Propulsion in Vortex Wakes,” David N. Beal, Franz S. Hover, Michael S. Triantafyllou, James C. Liao, and George V. Lauder, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 549, 2006, pp. 385-402. <doi.org/10.1017/S0022112005007925> WHO CAME TO THE CEREMONY: James C. (“Jimmy”) Liao
- 受賞者
- James C. Liao
- 分野
- 物理学部門
哺乳類が腸から酸素を取り込める可能性
直腸経由で酸素を取り込む方法が、呼吸不全治療につながるかを探った研究。
Ryo Okabe, Toyofumi F. Chen-Yoshikawa, Yosuke Yoneyama, Yuhei Yokoyama, Satona Tanaka, Akihiko Yoshizawa, Wendy L. Thompson, Gokul Kannan, Eiji Kobayashi, Hiroshi Date, and Takanori Takebe, for discovering that many mammals are capable of breathing through their anus. REFERENCE: “Mammalian Enteral Ventilation Ameliorates Respiratory Failure,” Ryo Okabe, Toyofumi F. Chen-Yoshikawa, Yosuke Yoneyama, Yuhei Yokoyama, Satona Tanaka, Akihiko Yoshizawa, Wendy L. Thompson, Gokul Kannan, Eiji Kobayashi, Hiroshi Date, and Takanori Takebe, Med, vol. 2, June 11, 2021, pp. 773-783. <doi.org/10.1016/j.medj.2021.04.004> WHO CAME TO THE CEREMONY: Takanori Takebe, Toyofumi Chen-Yoshikawa, Ryo Okabe, Eiji Kobayashi, Yosuke Yoneyama, Yuhei Yokoyama
- 受賞者
- Ryo Okabe, Toyofumi F. Chen-Yoshikawa, Yosuke Yoneyama, Yuhei Yokoyama, Satona Tanaka, Akihiko Yoshizawa, Wendy L. Thompson, Gokul Kannan, Eiji Kobayashi, Hiroshi Date, Takanori Takebe
- 分野
- 生理学部門
コイン投げは始めた面で終わりやすいか
35万回を超える実験で、コイン投げの小さな偏りを検証した研究。
František Bartoš, Eric-Jan Wagenmakers, Alexandra Sarafoglou, Henrik Godmann, and many colleagues, for showing, both in theory and by 350,757 experiments, that when you flip a coin, it tends to land on the same side as it started. REFERENCE: “Fair Coins Tend to Land on the Same Side They Started: Evidence from 350,757 Flips,” František Bartoš, et al., arXiv 2310.04153, 2023. <doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2310.04153> WHO CAME TO THE CEREMONY: Frantisek Bartos, and Eric-Jan Wagenmakers
- 受賞者
- Frantisek Bartos, Eric-Jan Wagenmakers, Alexandra Sarafoglou, Henrik Godmann, and colleagues
- 分野
- 確率部門