World & Nation
The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese activist organization of survivors of the atomic Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.
Oct. 11, 2024
Winners Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and James A. Robinson at the University of Chicago.
Oct. 14, 2024
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry to scientists David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper.
Oct. 9, 2024
Han Kang’s Nobel Prize was a surprise to many in South Korea. Here’s what you need to know about ‘her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life’
Oct. 16, 2024
If scientists can better understand how they work and how to manipulate them, it could one day lead to powerful treatments for diseases like cancer.
Oct. 7, 2024
Narges Mohammadi is being held at Iran’s notorious Evin Prison, which houses political prisoners and those with Western ties.
Oct. 27, 2024
Ales Bialiatski, an imprisoned Belarusian Nobel Peace Prize laureate, is serving a 10-year prison sentence and suffers from multiple chronic illnesses.
July 10, 2024
Entertainment & Arts
Alice Munro, the Nobel Prize-winning short story author known for ‘Dear Life,’ has died. She was 92.
May 14, 2024
Han Kang won the Nobel Prize in literature, an unexpected moment that stoked national pride about the country’s growing cultural influence.
Oct. 10, 2024
Science & Medicine
John Hopfield dreamed up the modern neural network while at Caltech. Geoffrey Hinton built on it, creating an AI firm that Google bought for $44 million.
Oct. 8, 2024