Morning and Evening by Jon Fosse review – what happens when we die The Nobel prize winner pushes at the veil between this world and the next in the immersive tale of a solitary fisherman The Guardian - UK · Dec 21, 2024
Guess If These 20 Famous Individuals Have Ever Won A Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize is one of the most prestigious awards in the world, honoring groundbreaking achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and efforts for peace. Over the years, it has been awarded to some of the greatest minds and most influential figures in history—but not everyone who is deserving has… Bored Panda · Dec 10, 2024
Horror, myth and a feminist reworking of Thomas Mann: Olga Tokarczuk’s The Empusium defies classification You’ve got to hand it to the Nobel Prize in Literature committee: its citations are masterpieces of brevity and precision. Entire lifetimes of tireless, painstaking effort, thousands of pages written over decades, are summed up in a statement of around 20 words. The Conversation · Dec 8, 2024
Nobel Literature Prize winner Han Kang talks about how writing connects her to readers South Korean author Han Kang, this year’s winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, has spoken passionately about the process of writing and her evolution as a writer — all the way back to when she was 8 years old The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2024
Han Kang, winner of the Nobel Literature Prize, is shocked by recent events in South Korea South Korean author Han Kang, this year’s winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, says she was shocked at this week’s martial law announcement in her home country The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2024
Why did Louis de Broglie, Nobel laureate in physics, abandon his own pilot wave theory? This week marks the centenary of the French physicist Louis de Broglie’s doctoral thesis, which later earned him a Nobel prize for “his discovery of the wave nature of electrons”. This discovery constitutes a central aspect of quantum mechanics, and it led to his famous “pilot wave” theory, which provides… The Conversation · Nov 27, 2024
The Magic Mountain is a sweeping critique of totalitarian Europe. 100 years later, its warnings feel urgent This month, Nobel Prize winner Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain turns 100. One of the 20th century’s towering literary achievements, it is a sweeping critique of the dangerous totalitarian political forces that shaped – and very nearly destroyed – Europe in Mann’s lifetime. The Conversation · Nov 25, 2024
Graphene-chip implant in UK trial could transform brain tumour surgery Cancer cell detector made of material that won its inventors Nobel prize is hailed as ‘clinical milestone’ The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2024
Trump grumbles about Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize — and claims he deserved it more Speaking to a crowd in Las Vegas, the former president also insisted there were 29,000 people inside the 19,522-capacity arena. The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2024
Dozens of Nobel Prize Winners Break Silence to Endorse Kamala Harris, Sound Alarm on Trump: This Is a 'Wake-Up Call for People' More than 80 Nobel Prize winners banded together to endorse Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris in an open letter. Latin Times · Oct 25, 2024
Nobel prize winners endorse Harris and warn Trump would endanger future of science Open letter by 82 laureates commends Harris and calls Trump a potential threat to progress on climate crisis The Guardian - US · Oct 25, 2024
Nobel Prize winners endorse Harris Nobel Prize laureates including 23 economists say that Harris' economic plan is "vastly superior" to Trump's Salon · Oct 24, 2024
23 Nobel Prize winners push for Kamala Harris, calling her a 'better steward of our economy' than Trump Economists say that tariffs and tax cuts make Trump’s plan weaker than Harris’s. Fortune · Oct 24, 2024
AI is set to transform science – but will we understand the results? Artificial intelligence (AI) has taken centre stage in basic science. The five winners of the 2024 Nobel Prizes in Chemistry and Physics shared a common thread: AI. The Conversation · Oct 21, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2024 K-pop, K-movies, a Nobel prize … and now K-poetry: book of wise words adds to Korea’s cultural glory After Han Kang’s Nobel award and South Korean cinema hits, Penguin publishes new English edition of maxims by Lee Seong-bok in wake of US success
The Conversation · Oct 18, 2024 The poetic violence of Han Kang’s Nobel Prize-winning literature – what you should read, watch and do this week I didn’t seek out The Vegetarian when I first read it. I was on a book buying ban and in the lucky position to be living with a fellow hoarder. As I perused our combined stacks, a slim volume by an author I hadn’t heard of caught my eye, and…
International Business Times · Oct 17, 2024 S Korean Nobel Winner Han Kang Hopes Daily Life 'Won't Change Much' Author Han Kang, the first South Korean to win the Nobel Prize for Literature said Thursday that she hoped her daily life would not change too much after her historic honour.
The Conversation · Oct 17, 2024 MicroRNA − a new Nobel laureate describes the scientific process of discovering these tiny molecules that turn genes on and off The 2024 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine goes to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their discovery of microRNA, tiny biological molecules that tell the cells in your body what kind of cell to be by turning on and off certain genes.
The Conversation · Oct 17, 2024 Victor Ambros on the team effort behind his Nobel-prize winning discovery of microRNA – podcast Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun were awarded the 2024 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine for their discovery of microRNA, tiny biological molecules that tell the cells in our body what kind of cell to be by turning on and off certain genes.
The Conversation · Oct 16, 2024 This year’s Nobel prize exposes economics’ problem with colonialism Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson have been awarded the 2024 Nobel memorial prize in economics for their influential work on how institutions shape economic development. Some would say the decision to award these scholars the Nobel was long overdue.
The Conversation · Oct 14, 2024 This year’s Nobel prize in economics awarded to team that examined what makes some countries rich and others poor The 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics has been awarded to three US-based economists who examined the advantages of democracy and the rule of law, and why they are strong in some countries and not others.
France 24 · Oct 14, 2024 Unleashing the economic potential of second-hand clothing Second-hand clothing can help countries meet environmental targets, and drive economic growth - but needs support. A new report says governments need to help unleash the sector's economic potential. Karina Bolin, President of Humana People to People Italia, says it's important to focus on textiles of good quality, rather than…
The Conversation · Oct 14, 2024 Han Kang: translators share memories of working with the winner of the Nobel prize in literature Han Kang, the South Korean winner of the 2024 Nobel prize in literature, made her breakthrough in the English-speaking world with her first translated novel (her third in Korean), The Vegetarian. Published in English in 2015, it was an immediate success, making the Evening Standard bestseller list. It went on…
Evening Standard · Oct 14, 2024 Two Britons among three winners of 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics Two of the academics also studied at the London School of Economics
Windows Central · Oct 13, 2024 Nobel Prize winner claims Sam Altman was fired for prioritizing profits over safety as Steam faces the heat for its crude sales strategy As OpenAI raised $6.6 billion in investment from Microsoft and NVIDIA, an AI artist argued that people are stealing from him by using AI. We also saw a major update to Windows 11 roll out and Microsoft ship the latest version of Office.