The Ig Nobel prizes are out! That can only mean one thing, odd science, unusual discoveries and the return of Miss Sweetie Poo, a young girl that can terrify hardened academics into cutting short their acceptance speeches. A chant of ‘Please stop I’m bored’ may be the only thing that can stop a researcher once they get into full flow! (more…)
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When research falls off its pedestal, the Ig Nobels are there to pick it up
…and that must mean that it’s time again for the humorous warm up – the Ig Nobels – representing the lighter, brighter and altogether dafter side of science. For those unfamiliar with the rather unconventional science awards, they are given out for research that ‘cannot, or should not, be repeated’. Just like their, well, ‘nobler’ cousins, the prizes are split between a range of different fields, including chemistry, physics and economics. But there’s more to it than silliness. The event likes to bill itself as the awards ceremony ‘that first makes people laugh, and then makes them think’. (more…)
The sun provides us with enough energy to meet the current global energy demand 10,000 times over. To use just 1% of this would end the current energy crisis. However, as luck would have it, we don’t have the means – scientifically, financially and technologically – to do this. (more…)
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