2021 Ig Nobel Prizes
October 26, 2021
For the world of science, autumn is always active and exciting. Before the Nobel Prizes find their winners in October, September sees
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2021 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
October 12, 2021
The Nobel Prize in Economics, the official name of which is the Sveriges Riksbank (Swedish Central Bank) Prize in Economic Sciences, which
2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
October 11, 2021
This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Benjamin List (Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, Germany) and David W.
2021 Nobel Prize in Physics
October 10, 2021
This year's Nobel Prize in Physics was shared in half. One half was awarded to Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann for the
2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
October 9, 2021
This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian for their discoveries of receptors
Whose Pup Is That?
October 7, 2021
Mongooses (Lat. Herpestidae) are a small family of carnivorous mammals distributed in Southern Europe, Africa and Asia, generally living in colonies. All
Do Lonely People Find It Hard to Trust?
October 5, 2021
A team of researchers from the Universities of Bonn, Haifa and Oldenburg recently published a study in Advanced Science that highlights a
In the Search for “Life”
October 5, 2021
In the search for extra-terrestrial life, the first reference of astronomers is, naturally, our planet and the conditions adapted by the lifeforms
Eyes are the Windows of the Soul. What about Intelligence?
September 27, 2021
Our pupils respond to light; they shrink when there’s too much light and get bigger if it's too dark to see better.
COVID-19 vs. Space Rockets
September 27, 2021
In the second year of the pandemic, we now know that liquid oxygen (LOX) is an important tool in combating the severe