Samantha Harvey’s ‘beautiful and ambitious’ Orbital wins Booker prize | Books
Orbital, by Samantha Harvey, the only British author shortlisted this year, has won the 2024 Man Booker Prize, Britain's most prestigious fiction prize. Harvey's story, about six fictional astronauts on the International Space Station, was chosen by artist and author Edmond de Waal, who chaired the jury, to decide on the “On the Right Day,” […]
Newsweek annihilated on social media over bizarre framing of Trump McDonald’s story: ‘The Pulitzer Prize is on the way’
Former President Donald Trump visited a McDonald's fast food restaurant over the weekend and handed out fries, but Newsweek magazine's attempt to “debunk” the incident has been ridiculed and ridiculed on social media. Trump donned an apron and learned how to prepare some menu items at McDonald's in Feasterville-Trevose, Pennsylvania. The event featured hilarious photos […]
Teacher’s 2,471-Pound Pumpkin Wins Top Prize at Competition
An Anoka, Minnesota, educator is getting a lot of attention for his award-winning giant pumpkin. The gardening teacher is still the reigning champion of the contest held in Half Moon Bay, Calif., Associated Press reported. The outlet noted that Travis Ginger has won the grand prize for the past four years. In 2022, Breitbart News […]
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 […]
Mystery winner of $1.13B Mega Millions jackpot in NJ still hasn’t claimed prize after 6 months
Their luck is about to run out! The mystery winner who bought a $1.13 billion Mega Millions ticket at a New Jersey liquor store earlier this year has still not claimed his prize, six months after winning the state's largest jackpot ever, lottery officials said. The clock is ticking for the aspiring millionaire who bought […]
Fox News ‘Antisemitism Exposed’ Newsletter: $1M prize, and no takers
Fox News' “Antisemitism Exposed” newsletter brings you news about rising anti-Semitic bigotry in the U.S. and around the world. Today's Newsletter: – Group offers $1 million to anyone who organizes Pride parades in Gaza and the West Bank– Biden's top adviser was employed for decades by a church that supported anti-Semites– Big Ten university president […]
Texas gas station that sold $810M ticket reveals how it learned of prize
The Houston metropolitan gas station that sold the $810 million Mega Millions ticket on Tuesday learned of its good fortune through a news report and a late-night phone call. Murphy USA 8848 in Sugar Land was preparing to close for the night when the night shift employee got a call just as the state lottery […]