Bras, Beer and Pandas 文胸，啤酒和熊猫
[audio]http://file.24en.com/bbc/tae/assets_1852077/bbc_tae_233_bra_beer_and_pandas_au_bb.mp3[/audio][color=#3f3f3f][font=Verdana, 宋体, helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=12px][p=21, 2, left]The simple bra: something worn[b]discreetly[/b] by women around the world, or a powerful, [b]life-saving device[/b]?[/p][p=21, 2, left]Well, maybe both. A team in Chicago has invented a bra that can be quickly turned into a pair of [b]gas masks[/b] – one for the wearer and one for a [b]needy bystander[/b].[/p][p=21, 2, left][b]For their troubles[/b] they’ve received one of this year’s Ig Nobel awards.[/p][p=21, 2, left]The [b]wacky[/b] awards honour achievements that "first make people laugh and then make them think", and are handed out at Harvard University for the year’s most [b]eccentric[/b] research.[/p][p=21, 2, left]Prizes are awarded in categories that [b]mirror[/b] the better-known Nobel Prize, such as physics, literature and peace.[/p][float=right][img=226,170]http://www.24en.com/d/file/bbc/bbc2/2009-10-08/bf7a38b87828cc90a52f67741c1d4a87.jpg[/img][p=30, 2, left]So cute... and good for the environment?[/p][/float]
[p=21, 2, left]This year’s peace prize went to a Swiss research team who made a brave [b]breakthrough[/b] in the field of[b]bar-room brawling[/b]. The question was whether it was better to be hit on the head by an empty beer bottle or a full one. Their answer? A full one.[/p][p=21, 2, left]Winning the biology prize was a piece of unusual research involving giant pandas.[/p][p=21, 2, left]Chinese and Japanese scientists working together discovered that[b]bacteria[/b] taken from the mammal’s [b]faeces[/b] could be used to [b]break down[/b][b]kitchen refuse[/b]. In fact it was so effective it could reduce the [b]mass[/b]of the refuse by 90%.[/p][p=21, 2, left]Other prizes went to an American team who [b]conducted a study[/b] into why pregnant women don’t fall over, and a British couple who found that cows with names gave more milk than cows that are nameless.[/p][p=21, 2, left]And [b]spare a thought[/b] for the man who has been [b]diligently [/b][b]cracking the knuckles[/b] on his left hand for 60 years in a quest to [b]determine[/b] whether this contributes to [b]arthritis[/b].[/p][p=21, 2, left]Luckily for Donald L Unger, it didn’t, at least for him, which will hopefully make carrying home his medicine prize a little bit easier.[/p][p=21, 2, left]So, if you have an idea that sounds crazy, why not send it to us? If bras can win prizes, maybe somewhere in your wardrobe is the key to world peace.[/p][/size][/font][/color]
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