What Ben Still did with his prize money…


Ben Still won the Sodium Zone all the way back in June 2010. After his win Ben said “I will spend my winnings wisely!“, and so he has…

Ben spent his money on setting up the Super K Sonic Booooum. This is a twenty-two meter long ‘river’ of water. People took a boat ride with Ben or someone he works with and learnt about Neutrino Physics on the journey. In order to go on the ride people had to wear white suits, wellies and hard hats! Over the days of the event they had over 600 visitors who took the boat ride and then participated in lectures afterwards.

Ben enjoyed I’m a Scientist so much that he took part, and won again, in the STFC sponsored Subatomic Zone in the event last November!

Ben’s plans for his second IAS prize money is to put it towards producing some podcasts and a documentary for everyone to enjoy. But we’ll have to wait for his next prize money report to hear how it goes…

Posted on January 12, 2011 by in Winner Reports. Comments Off on What Ben Still did with his prize money…

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