Among the winners were a University College London team who showed the brains of London taxi drivers were different from average people because they become enlarged in the zone associated with navigation.

A Japanese researcher was honoured for chemistry for his study of a bronze statue that failed to attract pigeons.

Kees Moeliker, of Natuurmuseum Rotterdam in [...]

Prof. Susan Gibson of King’s College in London, a synthetic chemist whose work focuses on the application of organometallic reagents, is the first winner of the annual Rosalind Franklin Award which aims to promote women in science. As the recipient of the award, Professor Gibson receives 30,000, a medal, and will also [...]

As reported by the BBC, Holmes Rolston, Professor of Philosophy at Colorado State University, has won the 2003 Templeton Prize for progress in religion. The Templeton Prize is is the world’s most lucrative annual prize for an individual, earning the winner 700,000 ($1m), given each year for outstanding originality in advancing the world’s understanding [...]

As reported by the BBC, Holmes Rolston, Professor of Philosophy at Colorado State University, has won the 2003 Templeton Prize for progress in religion. The Templeton Prize is is the world’s most lucrative annual prize for an individual, earning the winner 700,000 ($1m), given each year for outstanding originality in advancing the world’s understanding [...]