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Gravitational waves announcement incoming
Oct 11, 2017Nobel Prize winner Rainer Weiss and his colleagues have hinted at an upcoming 'exciting announcement'.
New Oreo flavor mystery is worth $50,000
Oct 10, 2017The popular cookie brand is offering a cash prize to anyone who can guess the flavor of its new product.
Gravitational wave scientists bag Nobel Prize
Oct 3, 2017The winning trio were responsible for the first ever confirmed detection of gravitational waves.
$100K paranormal prize unclaimed 37 years on
Sep 4, 2017To date, The Australian Skeptics have yet to see conclusive proof of psychic or paranormal powers.
Ancient Americans set up 'feather factories'
Apr 15, 2017Ancient Native Americans valued macaw feathers so highly that they went to great lengths to farm them.
$1M is being offered for capture of Bigfoot
Apr 9, 2017The substantial cash prize has already prompted quite a buzz in Ohio where a new photograph has emerged.
Japanese team aims to send rover to the Moon
VIDEO Dec 24, 2016Japan-based Team HAKUTO is the latest contender hoping to scoop Google's $20 million Lunar X-Prize.
$22M XPRIZE seeks to make 'Avatar' a reality
VIDEO Oct 5, 2016The new contest will see teams vying to create a robot that can be 'inhabited' and controlled remotely.
'Exotic matter' trio win physics Nobel Prize
Oct 4, 2016Three British physicists have been awarded a Nobel Prize for their work on strange forms of matter.
This year's Ig Nobel Prize winners announced
VIDEO Sep 23, 2016It's time once again to recognize some of the most unique and peculiar research projects ever undertaken.
Has Hawking radiation been proven correct ?
Apr 25, 2016Stephen Hawking's theory of energy being emitted by a black hole may finally earn him a Nobel Prize.
Highly prized buffalo is worth $12 million
Apr 24, 2016A genetically perfect buffalo named Horizon is the most sought-after member of his species on the planet.
Scientists are aiming to revive a human brain
Feb 8, 2016A $100,000 prize is being offered to anyone who can successfully preserve a fully functional human brain.
1,111-carat diamond unearthed in Botswana
Nov 19, 2015A monstrous diamond, the second largest ever discovered, has been dug up at a mine in Africa.
Weird science projects receive Ig Nobel Prize
Sep 18, 2015Some of the most bizarre scientific pursuits were recognized this week with the coveted Ig Nobel Prize.
3D-printed bionic hand wins Dyson prize
VIDEO Aug 27, 2015A new, inexpensive 3D-printed bionic hand could be the key to making prosthetic limbs affordable to all.
DRC-Hubo wins DARPA Robotics Challenge
VIDEO Jun 8, 2015A robot from South Korea has scooped the $2 million prize for an impressive win across eight tasks.
Mystery diamond-filled rock found in Russia
Dec 19, 2014A strange chunk of rock containing 30,000 individual diamonds has been unearthed in a Russian mine.
This year's Ig Nobel Prize winners announced
Sep 22, 2014Every year some of the most weird and trivial research projects are recognized with a special prize.
New X Prize offered for TED AI speaker
Mar 25, 2014The prize is available to anyone who can build an artificial intelligence capable of delivering a talk.
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