More than 75 Nobel laureates urge Senate to reject RFK Jr.
Seventy-seven Nobel laureates have signed a letter asking the Senate to oppose the confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). The New York Times reported Monday. In a letter, 77 Nobel laureates in medicine, chemistry, physics and economics expressed concerns about Mr Kennedy's lack of “relevant experience” and […]
Mohammadi, Iranian activist and Nobel prize winner, released from jail for medical treatment
Narges Mohammadi, an activist who campaigned for women's rights and the abolition of the death penalty in Iran, has been suspended for medical treatment. Mohammadi's sentence was suspended for three weeks to allow him to undergo tests following the tumor removal and bone graft surgery. Muhammadi is serving multiple sentences, including for spreading propaganda against […]
President Trump can win the Nobel Peace Prize — here's how
Among the many surprising moments at President-elect Donald Trump's campaign rallies this year was his repeated declaration that he should win the Nobel Peace Prize. Last month, Trump took to the stage. Declare Las Vegas“They gave Obama the Nobel Prize… He won and they announced he would win the Nobel Prize. I won in a […]
Zelensky-Allied Ukrainian Lawmaker Nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
Ukrainian lawmaker Oleksandr Melezhko announced on Wednesday that he will formally nominate US President-elect Donald Trump for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize. The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded in October to a group of survivors of the American atomic bombings of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II. Quoted from […]
17 Nobel Laureates Biden Cited on COVID Spending Were ‘Idiots’ Who He ‘Paid’
In an interview on CBS' podcast “The Takeout” published Friday, Sen. Joe Manchin (I-WV) said the 17 points the Biden administration has used to justify spending on the American Rescue Plan He said that the Nobel laureates were “17 educated idiots” and said: What the Biden administration wanted to hear because it “paid for it.” […]
Nobel laureates endorse Harris economic agenda
Nobel Prize winners in economics have endorsed Vice President Harris' economic vision, claiming it is “much better” than former President Donald Trump's. “Harris' economic policies will improve our nation's health, investment, sustainability, resilience, job opportunities, and equity,” said Economic Laureates Daron Acemoglu, Esther Duflo, and William Nord. House and dozens of others said in an […]
Nobel economics prize is awarded for research into why countries succeed or fail
The Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded Monday to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson for their research into why some countries succeed and others fail. The three economists “demonstrated the importance of social institutions for a country's prosperity,” the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences' Nobel Prize Committee said in a statement in […]
Trio of professors win Nobel economics prize for work on post-colonial wealth | Nobel economics prize
Three U.S.-based academics, including two British-born academics, have been recognized for their work showing how the types of institutions introduced by colonizers helped determine whether countries are rich or poor today. A professor has won this year's Nobel Prize in Economics. The explanation put forward by Turkish-American Daron Acemol, Sheffield-born Simon Johnson, and British James […]
Han Kang’s books sell out as South Korea celebrates her Nobel prize in literature | Han Kang
Customer lines spilled out of Korean bookstores and online stores crashed yesterday as readers tried to get their hands on the works of new Nobel laureate Han Kang. According to Reuters, Kyobo Book Center, the country's largest book chain, said on Friday that sales of Han's books were strong, with inventory selling out almost immediately. […]
Google DeepMind scientists win Nobel chemistry prize | Nobel prizes
Two Google DeepMind scientists and an American biochemist have been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their groundbreaking work in predicting and designing protein structures. Demis Hassabis, DeepMind's UK founder, and John Jumper, who led the development of the company's AI model AlphaFold, which predicts the structure of proteins based on their chemical […]