The Latest Breaking News on Prizes

How much money will actually make you happy?

We can all fantasise about what we need to make ourselves satisfied — and it doesn’t have to be a fortune

Financial Times · Sep 23, 2022

2023 Breakthrough Prize winners announced

The Breakthrough Prizes, created in 2010 by a group of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, are the most richly endowed awards in science, disbursing more than the Nobel prizes

The Hindu · Sep 23, 2022

How an effort to reduce fossil fuel use led to another environmental problem: Light pollution

LOS ANGELES — In 2014, Los Angeles cut its annual carbon emissions by 43% and saved $9 million in energy costs by replacing the bulbs in more than half of the city's street lamps with light-emitting diodes.

Los Angeles Times · Sep 22, 2022

Prince William cancels trip to New York following the Queen’s death

Prince of Wales was scheduled to attend September summit for Earthshot Prize, which he launched in 2021

The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2022

Japanese professor wins Ig Nobel Prize

WASHINGTON -- A Japanese professor won an award for research into how people use their fingers to turn knobs at this year's Ig Nobel Prize, which recognizes humorous and profound achievements in scientific research.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Sep 16, 2022

Ig Nobel 2022: Research on constipated scorpions, knob turning awarded for making people ‘laugh, then think’

Winners also receive Zimbabwean $10 trillion bills

The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2022

Constipated scorpions, love at first sight inspire Ig Nobels

The sex lives of constipated scorpions, cute ducklings with an innate sense of physics, and a life-size rubber moose may not appear to have much in common, but they all inspired the winners of this year’s Ig Nobels

The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2022

Japanese professor wins Ig Nobel prize for study on knob turning

Annual satirical awards laud little-known research topics such as why ducklings swim in a line formation

The Guardian - UK · Sep 15, 2022

Ig Nobel Prize 2022 winners include research showing ancient Maya used enemas to get high

The winners of the Ig Nobels, satirical prizes for scientific achievements that "make people laugh and then think", were awarded a fold-up paper prize and Zimbabwean $10 trillion note.

ABC News · Sep 15, 2022

How to think like Albert Einstein

Exertion and isolation are key elements in the making of revolutionary ideas. Can our classrooms prepare students accordingly?

The Hindu · Sep 15, 2022