Gender pay gap professor wins Nobel economics prize

Gender pay gap professor wins Nobel economics prize

Harvard University professor Claudia Goldin is only the third woman to win the economics prize.

  • byDavid Keyton andMike Corder

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Who is Narges Mohammadi,the jailed Nobel Peace laureate?

Who is Narges Mohammadi,the jailed Nobel Peace laureate?

“Every single award will make me more intrepid,more resilient and more brave.”

  • byJon Gambrell,John Leicester andElena Becatoros
Jailed Iranian activist wins Nobel Peace Prize for fighting oppression of women

Jailed Iranian activist wins Nobel Peace Prize for fighting oppression of women

Narges Mohammadi is one of Iran’s leading human rights activists,who has campaigned for women’s rights and the abolition of the death penalty.

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Norwegian author Jon Fosse awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature

Norwegian author Jon Fosse awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature

“I am overwhelmed and somewhat frightened,said Fosse,who writes in the less common of the two official Norwegian languages.

Scientists share Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on tiny quantum dots

Scientists share Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on tiny quantum dots

Earlier on Wednesday,the academy appeared to have inadvertently published the names of the three scientists it said had been awarded this year’s chemistry prize.

Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to scientists working on electrons in atoms

Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to scientists working on electrons in atoms

The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to three scientists who study electrons in atoms during the tiniest of split seconds.

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Nobel Prize in Medicine for scientists who paved the way for COVID vaccines

Nobel Prize in Medicine for scientists who paved the way for COVID vaccines

The discoveries of Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman enabled the development of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 and could be used in the future to create other shots.

  • byDavid Keyton andMike Corder
‘A farce’:Belarusian court jails Nobel Peace Prize winner for 10 years

‘A farce’:Belarusian court jails Nobel Peace Prize winner for 10 years

The harsh punishment of human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski and three of his colleagues was in response to protests over the 2020 election result.

  • byYuras Karmanau
Australians win top award for taking Einstein’s theory to renewable reality

Australians win top award for taking Einstein’s theory to renewable reality

The four Australians have won an award for their work developing highly efficient solar cells that have become central to reducing emissions.

  • byNick O'Malley
‘Today,facts win’:Nobel laureate Maria Ressa and news outlet cleared of tax evasion

‘Today,facts win’:Nobel laureate Maria Ressa and news outlet cleared of tax evasion

The Nobel laureate always maintained the tax evasion charges were an attempt by former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte to muzzle critical reporting.

My greatest escape:52 books from 52 countries in 52 weeks
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My greatest escape:52 books from 52 countries in 52 weeks

And I didn’t have to leave home - or I couldn’t. My daughter set me this reading challenge at the height of the pandemic restrictions.

  • byDavid Crowe