Ah, The Razzies. The absolute pinnacle for anyone in the film industry. The glitz, the glamour – it’s hard not to daydream about the spectacle. Actors from near and far, all gathered for the biggest prize in showbiz. Oh no wait… I think I may be a little confused. The Golden Raspberry Awards The Golden …
The brilliant thing about the Ig-nobel prizes is that they celebrate scientific research that can be applied to all walks of life. The Entomology prize winners for 2021 is a great example of this – recognising the research that has led to a new method of cockroach control on submarines. This research fundamentally changed the …
The Ig-nobel prize for transportation was not handed out for the type of research you would expect. I, for one, immediately pictured a team of enthusiastically beaming train enthusiasts to pop up on screen to accept the award. I could not have been more wrong… Instead, a team of scientists working in one of the …
If you are anything like me, the word ‘Economics’ alone elicits feelings of fear. Immediately memories of studying abstract graphs and concepts come tumbling into my mind. And that was just basic economics. Not even close to the advanced stuff. There is a reason why economists earn big-money – it is a very difficult, very …
Art is subjective. Each unique piece will evoke different emotions from different people – some may love, some may hate. This is especially true for abstract pieces of modern art entrenched in complex symbolism, breaking the mould of what many would consider to be truly ‘art’. Beauty truly is in the eye of the beholder …
The ‘coolness’ rating of Chemistry has skyrocketed in recent years. Pioneered by Bryan Cranston playing Walter White on our television screens in the hit series ‘Breaking Bad’, there seemed to be an incredible peak in interest in the field. The series was so successful that it spanned 5 seasons and inspired another spin-off show, and …
It seems only fitting that we cover the winners of the category that could be considered the most currently relevant… Medicine. In a world still blighted with COVID, never before has there been so many headlines and coverage of the field of medicine. Which means, to win a prize for your research these days and …
Following on from our previous article covering ‘The Wasted Chewing Gum Bacteriome’, we will be steering away from Ecological-based science and moving towards an entirely different field. The key word being ‘moving’… That’s right – you guessed it. This week, we will be looking at Kinetics. More importantly, Ig-Nobel Prize Winning Kinetics. A Quick Reminder – …
Over the past 18 months, the way we connected with one another changed dramatically. So long were the days of going out with your friends to the club or a concert, and travelling with your work colleagues to the annual conference became a thing of the past. Events like these were simply cancelled or turned …
Over the next couple of months, we will be publishing articles on some of the most interesting scientific finds of 2020/2021. In a year dominated by COVID-19, the world’s media outlets very rarely paid the appropriate level of attention to some astonishing scientific research being undertaken over the global pandemic. Which, to be honest, we …
