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  1. 'Soiled' undies and vicious friends research honoured at Ig Nobels
    By Jacinta Bowler

    Each year, the Ig Nobel prizes celebrate research that makes you laugh, then makes you think. This year's winners include an "underwear index", a cumbersome kissing definition and why we want friends that will happily stab someone in the eye.

    abc.net.au/news/science/2026-0

    #ScienceAwards #ScienceandTechnology #ScientificResearch #JacintaBowler

  2. 🚀🔍 Wow, a rock hit a house in Jersey and now suddenly we're all experts in alien chemistry! 🏠🪨 The article is basically a who's who of science awards and acronyms, but spoiler: no little green men were found. 👽🤦‍♂️
    seti.org/news/alien-world-chem #alienchemistry #houseimpact #scienceawards #Jerseyrock #extraterrestrialinvestigation #HackerNews #ngated

  3. Wildcards from Whyalla return to win grand prix after earlier heartbreak
    By Arj Ganesan

    A year after a devastating technical disqualification snatched victory from five South Australian teens at a hydrogen-powered engineering race, they returned as wildcard entrants to the 2026 H2 Grand Prix Finals in Switzerland.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-07-06/why

    #AwardsandPrizes #ScienceAwards #HydroEnergy #HydrogenFuel #RenewableEnergy #RegionalCommunities #Engineering #Science #ArjGanesan

  4. Wildcards from Whyalla return to win grand prix after earlier heartbreak
    By Arj Ganesan

    A year after a devastating technical disqualification snatched victory from five South Australian teens at a hydrogen-powered engineering race, they returned as wildcard entrants to the 2026 H2 Grand Prix Finals in Switzerland.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-07-06/why

    #AwardsandPrizes #ScienceAwards #HydroEnergy #HydrogenFuel #RenewableEnergy #RegionalCommunities #Engineering #Science #ArjGanesan

  5. TIL about the Finkbeiner test, which requires that an article about a female scientist avoid gender bias by not mentioning several irrelevant aspects of her life, *including* that she is the "first woman to...". An unsharable FB post pointed out that if "..." is winning some award, that says more about the prize committee than about the woman.
    #ScienceJournalism #ScienceAwards
    en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finkbe

  6. The Breakthrough Prize is now accepting public nominations for the 2024 awards in Fundamental #Physics, #LifeSciences, & #Mathematics 🔬💊🏆

    As a proud partner, ALLEA encourages the nomination of deserving individuals and teams from the #European scientific community. Let's recognise and showcase the outstanding contributions of European scientists to these fields 🌟

    👉 allea.org/breakthrough-prize-o

    #BreakthroughPrize #ALLEA #ScienceAwards #EuropeanScience