--- description: If you like the Oscars, you have science to thank. title: Academy Awards 2015: How Are the Oscars Made? Science Explains image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5e8d3f411b22ea94/6987801f5f570f4afab155f0/1280.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # How Frog Legs Helped Make the Oscars Possible by [Salima Koroma](/author/salima-koroma/) and [Ainissa Ramirez](/author/ainissa-ramirez/) Feb 19, 2015 7:49 PM CUT  Science explains how frog legs made the Oscar Awards possible Science explains how frog legs made the Oscar Awards possibleBarcroft Media, Salima Koroma -- TIME by [Salima Koroma](/author/salima-koroma/) and [Ainissa Ramirez](/author/ainissa-ramirez/) Feb 19, 2015 7:49 PM CUT On Sunday night, big players from the film industry will gather inside Hollywood’s Dolby Theater in the hopes of winning a golden statue. And if they finally do win one, they’ll thank their loved ones, their producers, their fans, and the Academy. But there’s one thing that probably won’t get a shout out: science. Watch materials scientist and author of _Newton’s Football_, [Ainissa Ramirez](http://twitter.com/ainissaramirez "undefined"), explain how science—and frog legs—are responsible for the Academy Awards’ golden statues. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3715592/how-frog-legs-helped-make-the-oscars-possible/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3715592/how-frog-legs-helped-make-the-oscars-possible/"},"headline":"How Frog Legs Helped Make the Oscars Possible","datePublished":"2015-02-19T19:49:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-30T11:43:04.627Z","description":"Science explains how those Academy Awards are made","url":"https://time.com/3715592/how-frog-legs-helped-make-the-oscars-possible/","keywords":["movies","Oscars","Science topic","entertainment"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5e8d3f411b22ea94/6987801f5f570f4afab155f0/1280.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Salima Koroma","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/salima-koroma/"},{"@type":"Person","name":"Ainissa Ramirez","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ainissa-ramirez/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5e8d3f411b22ea94/6987801f5f570f4afab155f0/1280.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Science explains how frog legs made the Oscar Awards possible","caption":"Science explains how frog legs made the Oscar Awards possible","creditText":"Barcroft Media, Salima Koroma -- TIME","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3715592/how-frog-legs-helped-make-the-oscars-possible/","name":"How Frog Legs Helped Make the Oscars Possible"}}]}] ```