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This Saturday sees the 2022 Nobel Prize award ceremony take place in Stockholm. Like every year, it’s held on 10th December, to coincide with the anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death. Tradition also dictates that the Prize laureates are announced in October. This year’s laureates include Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger in Physics, Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morton Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless in Chemistry, Svante Paabo in Physiology or Medicine, and Annie Ernaux in Literature. Meanwhile, the Nobel Peace Prize laureates are all being recognised for their role in documenting war crimes and human rights abuses since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February. Who was Alfred Nobel then? On what criteria are the Nobel Prizes awarded? Who chooses the laureates? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!To listen to the latest episodes, click here:Why was Kanye West’s Twitter account suspended?How can you save money on your food bill?Why is 'permacrisis' the new dictionary word of the year?A Bababam Originals podcast, written and produced by Joseph Chance.In partnership with upday UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In recent weeks, one of the world’s most famous singers has been generating even more headlines than usual, but for all the wrong reasons. It all started on 3rd October at Paris Fashion week. Kanye West, now known as Ye, wore a T-shirt with the words “White Lives Matter” on it. The slogan has been linked to white supremacists in the US. Following that incident, fellow rapper P Diddy defended Ye in public and tried to reason with him privately. But Ye went on to post a screenshot of their conversation on Instagram, accusing Diddy of being controlled by Jews. A common antisemitic trope suggests that the Jews control various sections of society, like the media, financial institutions and even governments.What do Jewish people have to do with P Diddy? What was the fallout? Isn’t Kanye West mentally ill? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!To listen to the latest episodes, click here:How can you save money on your food bill?Why is 'permacrisis' the new dictionary word of the year?Is it dangerous if I get heart palpitations?A Bababam Originals podcast, written and produced by Joseph Chance.In partnership with upday UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The cost of living crisis has seen food prices increase by as much as 65% according to the Office for National Statistics meaning that the average British household spends an extra £600 pounds a year on food. But considering that there is also about 4.5 million tonnes of food waste annually the possibility of reducing wasted food as well as bills has never been more needed. Reducing your bill at the checkout comes down largely to planning. Getting organised about how, when and where you buy your food as well as how you store and cook it is essential. For starters buying in bulk can really reduce costs.How can I reduce the amount I spend on food? How can I reduce my food waste? How can technology help? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!To listen to the latest episodes, click here:Why is 'permacrisis' the new dictionary word of the year?Is it dangerous if I get heart palpitations?Why do we get great ideas in the shower?A Bababam Originals podcast, written and produced by Amber Minogue.In partnership with upday UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In social sciences, a generation refers to a group of the population whose members are around the same age and have hence lived through the same era. Think the baby boomers, Generation X, Millennials… and now Generation Covid!While they may be significantly less at risk of serious illness from Covid-19, young people are bearing the brunt of the pandemic’s economic consequences. Their development into adulthood is increasingly being affected, and it’s taking a mental toll. It’s become clear that Covid-19 will have a lasting impact long after the pandemic ends, to such an extent that it will shape an entire generation. So who exactly do we count as part of Generation Covid? What about students and young adults? How have they been affected? Is there any cause for optimism? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!To listen to the latest episodes, click here:Why is 'permacrisis' the new dictionary word of the year?Is it dangerous if I get heart palpitations?Why do we get great ideas in the shower?A Bababam Originals podcast, written and produced by Joseph Chance.In partnership with upday UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Every year, 1st December is World AIDS day. To mark the occasion, let’s look back at the story of the Act Up group. Act Up started causing a buzz in New York in 1987, four years after the AIDS virus had been discovered. The highly organised group met several times a week to discuss their action plan. They demanded more prevention and communication campaigns from the state, better access to care, transparency from pharmaceutical labs and an end to the deportation of undocumented migrants. They used shock tactics to attract the attention of the media. When was this group formed? What kind of campaigns did they use? What are some examples of concessions secured by Act Up? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!To listen to the latest episodes, click here:Why is 'permacrisis' the new dictionary word of the year?Is it dangerous if I get heart palpitations?Why do we get great ideas in the shower?A Bababam Originals podcast, written and produced by Joseph Chance.In partnership with upday UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In late November 2022, fighting killed at least 18 in a rural area of the Putumayu province in South west Colombia, near to the borders with Ecuador and Peru. It involved two dissident groups of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as the FARC for short. It has reignited tensions in an internal armed conflict which has spanned six decades, despite the government and FARC signing a peace agreement back in 2016. Their origins go back to Cold War times, when there was high instability in the country. Even before that, there had been a bloody civil war between 1948 and 1953, which was known as La Violencia. It started when popular Liberal presidential candidate Jorge Eliecer Gaitan was assassinated in 1948.How did the FARC organisation start out? Why did they turn to violence? How did the peace process start?  In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!To listen to the latest episodes, click here:Why is 'permacrisis' the new dictionary word of the year?Is it dangerous if I get heart palpitations?Why do we get great ideas in the shower?A Bababam Originals podcast, written and produced by Joseph Chance.In partnership with upday UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This portmanteau word describes the feeling of “living through a period of war, inflation, and political instability,” Collins said it chose the word as it “sums up how truly awful 2022 has been for so many people”.The Collins team consulted their  8 billion-word database as well as a range of media sources, including social media, to create an annual list of new and notable words and how they are used. It then compiled its annual 10 words or phrases which "reflect our ever-evolving language and the preoccupations of those who use it". Helen Newstead, language content consultant at Collins Dictionary, told The Washington Post “It was very apparent this year that the conversation was dominated by crisis,” How was it chosen? What does the word mean? What other words were included? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!To listen to the latest episodes, click here:Is it dangerous if I get heart palpitations?Why do we get great ideas in the shower?Why do we see faces in inanimate objects?A Bababam Originals podcast, written and produced by Amber Minogue.In partnership with upday UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are tiny fragments of plastic pretty much everywhere in the ocean, in the ground and inside animals, including humans! These are known as microplastics, and their potential impact on human health and the environment is a cause for concern. Microplastics aren’t a specific type of plastic per se. The term is used to refer to any fragments which are under 5 mm in length. Some examples are polystyrene, polypropylene, polythene and a bunch of other poly-things. They come from large plastic objects, like cosmetics or synthetic fabrics in clothing. The obvious example is on ocean floors, where scientists have estimated there are 14 million tonnes of microplastics. Where are microplastics spreading the most? There must be some protected locations out there, surely? Is it actually dangerous to consume plastic though? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!To listen to the latest episodes, click here:Is it dangerous if I get heart palpitations?Why do we get great ideas in the shower?Why do we see faces in inanimate objects?A Bababam Originals podcast, written and produced by Amber Minogue.In partnership with upday UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever noticed that you tend to have your best ideas in the shower? If so, you’re not alone! A 2014 study conducted by cognitive psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman found that 72% of people get creative ideas while showering. So it’s really not a coincidence.Science has shown that taking a shower is actually a perfect combination of a few factors which allow for optimal creativity. Struggling to solve a particularly complicated problem at work or in your studies? Need to come up with the perfect Christmas gift idea, or plan an event? Try jumping in the shower; you’d be surprised how often it’s more effective than continuing to grind away or hoping for a flash of inspiration.How can taking a shower boost creativity? Do hormones have anything to do with it? Does this state of mind have a name? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!To listen to the latest episodes, click here:What is bae-realing, the new dating trend?Why are Christmas adverts so moving?Could Mastodon replace Twitter?A Bababam Originals podcast, written and produced by Joseph Chance.In partnership with upday UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ardent fans and onlookers alike have probably noticed the diva’s disappearance from major social media platforms, including Instagram. Before deactivating her accounts, Britney assured her followers on Twitter she was just taking a break to celebrate her engagement and promised to be back soon. However, there seems to be more to the story. According to the Guardian, the star’s account has been a focus in the battle over her conservatorship, a complex legal arrangement that has been making her life miserable for 13 years. Britney mentioned walking out of social media is a way of proclaiming her regained freedom.But how did conservatorship turn her life into a nightmare? Who would do that to her? But given Britney’s breakdown, don’t you think conservatorship is appropriate? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!To listen to the latest episodes, click here:What is bae-realing, the new dating trend?Why are Christmas adverts so moving?Could Mastodon replace Twitter?A Bababam Originals podcast, written and produced by Joseph Chance.In partnership with upday UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices