Butterflies and moths, snails and slugs and all other bugs also had their own categories with everything from a tug of war between two ants, a mirrored snailand a swallowtail butterfly winning top prize. Over 5,000 images were submitted from around the globe, competing for a total prize pool of £23,000. The judging panel contained … Read more
Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, 23, is trolled on social media for supporting Conservative friend who is running to be Oxford University president Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai is being trolled on social media She asked friends to vote for a conservative at Oxford University elections 23-year-old activist survived an attempted Taliban assassination attempt … Read more
A Stanford University professor raced to his sleeping colleague’s home at 2am and woke him up to announce they had just won the Nobel Peace Prize in economics. Paul R. Milgrom, 72, and Robert B. Wilson, 83, were awarded the prestigious prize on Monday as the winners were announced in Stockholm by Goran Hansson, secretary-general of the … Read more
Two American professors have been awarded the Nobel Prize for economics for improving the theory of how auctions work and inventing new and better auction formats that are now woven into many parts of the economy. Paul R. Milgrom, 72, and Robert B. Wilson, 83, were awarded the prestigious prize on Monday as the winners … Read more
It seems that Jon Courtenay’s Britain’s Got Talent win has come at the perfect time for him – as he admits to struggling financially during 2020. The comedy singer, 47, won the show’s whopping £250,000 prize fund on Saturday after beating off the nine other acts in the live final. Prior to the COVID-19, he was … Read more
The Duke of Cambridge, 38, unveiled his team of high-profile environmental activists, who will decide the winners of his prestigious Earthshot Prize including singer Shakira and actor Cate Blanchett.
Prince William said his father Charles was ‘ahead of his time’ as he launched the most prestigious global environment prize in history. This new global prize for the environment will incentivise change and help to repair our planet over the next ten years – a critical decade for the Earth. The launch comes after two years of … Read more
Prince William has launched the most prestigious global environment prize in history, as the five challenges at the heart of The Earthshot Prize are unveiled. This new global prize for the environment will incentivise change and help to repair our planet over the next ten years – a critical decade for the Earth. The launch … Read more
So many of his speeches are worthy, innocuous and a teeny bit predictable. They have to be. But today it is different. For a brief moment Prince William steps out of his royal role and abandons the instinctive caution that usually colours his pronouncements, to show that his passion for preserving the planet is matched by … Read more
Two female scientists win the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of powerful gene-editing tool Crispr-Cas9 Only five women have previously won the Nobel prize for Chemistry The two scientists have won the award for their discovery of Crispr-Cas9 The ground-breaking tool allows for precise changes for genetic code By Joe Pinkstone For Mailonline … Read more