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Kenzaburo Oe, Nobel laureate, dies at 88

Kenzaburo Oe, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, died at the age of 88 on March 3. The standard-bearer of the postwar democratic generation, who examined the contours of modern life, passed of old age.

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Quantum mechanics: how the future might influence the past

In 2022, the physics Nobel prize was awarded for experimental work showing that the quantum world must break some of our fundamental intuitions about how the universe works.

The Conversation

Nobel Prize winning chemist knighted at Buckingham Palace

Professor Sir David MacMillan shared the prize with German scientist Benjamin List.

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Experts determine Chilean poet Pablo Neruda was poisoned, nephew claims

A relative of the late Chilean poet Pablo Neruda says forensic experts have determined that the Nobel Prize winner died of poisoning nearly 50 years ago

The Independent UK

Experts found Chilean poet Neruda was poisoned, nephew says

A relative of the late Chilean poet Pablo Neruda says forensic experts have determined that the Nobel Prize winner died of poisoning nearly 50 years ago

The Independent UK

ANU head set to leave post in shock announcement

The Nobel Prize-winner explained his decision during an address to staff and students.

The Canberra Times

‘Gift that keeps on giving’: George Santos’ ‘embarrassing’ karaoke account has been revealed

‘According to Santos, those recordings earned him a Tony, a Grammy, a Purple Heart and the Nobel Prize for volleyball,’ Stephen Colbert jokes

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Crusading journo Maria Ressa hails victory for 'truth'

MANILA: Philippine Nobel Prize winner Maria Ressa has been acquitted of tax evasion, among several charges the crusading journalist has long maintained are politically motivated, calling the ruling a victory for “truth”.

Bangkok Post

How autofiction turns the personal into the political

It is timely that the 2022 Nobel Prize for Literature went to French writer Annie Ernaux.

The Conversation

The Nobel Prize winner, pioneering MP, and famous novelist whose lives tell the story of Cardiff's defiant Jewish community

Cardiff's Jewish community has evolved like many immigrant populations and these are the people who show it

Wales Online

France's Annie Ernaux says Nobel win a 'sign of hope' for women writers

French writer Annie Ernaux said she hoped that her Nobel Prize was "a sign of hope for all female writers", who "have not yet gained legitimacy as producers of written works". She made the comment in a lecture ahead of the official prize ceremony on Saturday in Sweden.

Radio France Internationale

Nobel prize an institution ‘for men’, says literature laureate Annie Ernaux

Awards are ‘bound to tradition’, says French writer, praised by academy for ‘the courage and clinical acuity of her work’

The Guardian - UK

French Nobel Laureate says men must change attitudes now

French author Annie Ernaux who won this year’s Nobel Prize in literature, says men need to change their attitudes now, before women attain full equality with them

The Independent UK

A dangerous pesticide isn't being monitored in key bird of prey populations - we're shedding light on that gap

It was once regarded as a miracle chemical to protect against disease and improve global food production. The man who discovered its properties even won a Nobel Prize for medicine. But today, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) is best known for its devastating effects on the environment, as well as on animal and…

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The five best fiction books of 2022

In 2022, we saw Annie Ernaux win the Nobel prize for literature for her uncompromising writing about her experiences. Shehan Karunatilaka won the Booker prize for his darkly comic Sri Lankan political satire, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida.

Evening Standard

Nobel Prize Day 2023: Who was Alfred Nobel, creator of the prize? Life, inventions and legacy

The Nobel Prize recognises those who have gone above and beyond in their achievements. But what do we know of the man who created the award?

Inverse

Physicists debunk 4 myths about quantum theory — including one that stumped Einstein

When the 2022 Nobel prize in physics was awarded to Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger for research shedding light on quantum mechanics, it sparked excitement and discussion.

France 24

‘Iran's government has committed unpardonable acts,’ says Shirin Ebadi

In her first interview since the start of this year's uprising in Iran, lawyer Shirin Ebadi talks to FRANCE 24 about the Iranian people's desire for democracy. Ebadi was Iran's first female judge before losing her right to practice in 1979 amid the creation of the Islamic Republic. She has…

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For East Timor president, ASEAN membership a lifelong dream

It was as a budding diplomat in the 1970s that Jose Ramos-Horta, a man who would go on to win the Nobel prize for his fight for East Timor's independence, first raised the idea of his country joining Southeast Asia's economic and political bloc.

Radio France Internationale

Mathematician Hugo Duminil-Copin crowns great year for French science

Hugo Duminil-Copin became the latest mathematics professor from the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (IHES) to win the prestigious Fields Medal, the equivalent of the Nobel Prize for mathematicians.

The Conversation

Four common misconceptions about quantum physics

Quantum mechanics, the theory which rules the microworld of atoms and particles, certainly has the X factor. Unlike many other areas of physics, it is bizarre and counter-intuitive, which makes it dazzling and intriguing. When the 2022 Nobel prize in physics was awarded to Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton…

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Burglars steal more gold when the price is high – new research

Are criminals rational? In his groundbreaking work of 1968, Gary Becker argued that they are. The American economist, who would go on to win the Nobel prize in economics in 1992, theorised that individuals engage in crime only if the returns are greater than the returns from engaging in legal…

The Independent UK

Nobel winners call attention to Egypt political prisoners

A group of winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature have urged world leaders to raise human rights issues as they visit Egypt for the COP27 climate change conference

The Guardian - AU

British-Egyptian hunger striker may die in prison, Nobel laureates warn world leaders attending Cop27

Alaa Abd El-Fattah has been on hunger strike for six months and will refuse water from 6 November, the first day of the climate summit

Radio France Internationale

Tangled future of quantum computing explained by French Nobel winner

French physicist Alain Aspect was one of those awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in physics. The 75-year-old shares the honour with John Clauser and Anton Zellinger for pioneering work on quantum entanglement.

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