Song lyrics are worse, more angry than ever, research shows
He may live at the top of the charts, but nobody’s putting The Weeknd up for a Nobel Prize for literature. A new study showing a steep decline in songwriting … Read More
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Nobel laureate poet, Louise Glück, dead at 80 from cancer
Nobel laureate Louise Glück, a poet of unblinking candor and perception who wove classical allusions, philosophical reveries, bittersweet memories and humorous asides into indelible portraits of a fallen and heartrending world, … Read More
Nobels season resumes with Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarding the prize in physics
Nobels season is resuming on Tuesday with the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm awarding the prize in physics. The physics prize comes a day after Hungarian-American Katalin Karikó and … Read More
Nobel Proze disinvites ambassadors from Russia, Belarus, Iran
Ambassadors from Russia, Belarus and Iran have been disinvited from attending the Nobel Prize ceremony after an earlier decision to invite representatives from the three countries was met with backlash. … Read More
No one should be surprised by Bob Dylan anymore
In many ways, Joan Baez’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame career will forever be intertwined with that of another 1960s folk legend: Bob Dylan. So what did she think … Read More
3 US-based economists given Nobel Prize for work on banks
This year’s Nobel Prize in economic sciences has been awarded to three U.S.-based economists “for research on banks and financial crises.” The award to Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond … Read More
Nobel Peace Prize to activists from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine
This year’s Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to jailed Belarus rights activist Ales Bialiatski, the Russian group Memorial and the Ukrainian organization Center for Civil Liberties. The winners were … Read More
Nobel Prize award to 3 scientists for their work in physics
This year’s Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger for their work on quantum information science. While physicists often tackle problems … Read More
Svante Paabo wins Nobel Prize for research on evolution
This year’s Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to Swedish scientist Svante Paabo for his discoveries on human evolution. Thomas Perlmann, secretary of the Nobel Committee, announced … Read More
Nobel sold for Ukrainian kids shatters record at $103.5M
NEW YORK — The Nobel Peace Prize auctioned off by Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov to raise money for Ukrainian child refugees sold Monday night for $103.5 million, shattering the old … Read More
