SHOCKING: Science prizes - What They Never Told You

The ‘toxically competitive’ Celebrity Traitors star who’ll use Alan Turing’s maths to win

Cambridge professor said she is ‘using the same bit of math that codebreaker used to crack the Enigma machine’ to give her an edge on BBC show

The Independent UK · Sep 22

Charles Barkley pledges $1 million after students make maths discovery

St. Mary’s Academy in New Orleans received a $1 million pledge from former NBA star Charles Barkley after two of its students made a unique breakthrough in mathematics. Calcea Johnson and Ne’Kiya Jackson, then high-school seniors, developed a new proof of the 2,000-year-old Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry. Their work attracted…

The Times of India · Sep 21

Global leaders urged to join initiative to fight extreme inequality

More than 1,500 academics and economists sign letter, calling growing gap between richest and poorest ‘a policy choice that can be reversed’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 18

Studies on cockroach milk and nose-blowing crowned winners of this year’s Ig Nobel Prize

Research into evolutionary history of kissing and how soil organisms break down buried underwear receive top comic science award as well

The Independent UK · Sep 4

Scientists studying cockroach milk and nose-blowing win Ig Nobel prizes for quirky science

Researchers have been honored for their quirky, imaginative contributions to science at the 36th annual Ig Nobel Prizes

The Independent UK · Sep 3

Natural selection: women win at top science awards

A team studying aspects of domestic violence, a marine heatwave forecasting system and a solar panel recycling solution are among the Eureka Prize winners.

AAP · Sep 3

Rich people more likely to steal children’s sweets, finds Ig Nobel prize-winning study

We round up the winners at awards for achievements that ‘first make people laugh and then make them think’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 3

Singapore diplomat, Myanmar activist and Bangladeshi aid giver win Magsaysay awards

The annual Ramon Magsaysay Awards have been given to Singaporean lawyer, a Myanmar activist and a former Bangladeshi teacher

The Independent UK · Aug 31

Jason Arday accuser given three-month teaching ban but can continue research

Nathan Cofnas told by Ghent University to work remotely as US ambassador claims credit for lifting of suspension

The Guardian - UK · Aug 30

Jason Arday plagiarism accuser Nathan Cofnas faced doubts over expertise, 'far-right agenda' at Ghent

Nathan Cofnas, the academic who exposed Cambridge University Sociology professor Jason Arday’s plagiarism, faced objections from fellow academics at Ghent University over his appointment to a postdoctoral research role.

The Times of India · Aug 28