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Not All 'A's: Unconventional Paths That Led To Nobels

Some Nobel laureates were straight-A students from the get-go. According to the Nobel Foundation, other laureates had to overcome major academic challenges before going on to win the prestigious Nobel.

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The Nobel Prize winners will be announced next week. What to know about the prestigious awards

The Nobel Prize winners will be announced next week

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Bruce Beutler Unlocked Key Mystery To Disease — And He's Not Done

What's one piece of advice Dr. Bruce Beutler gives to anyone interested in excelling in science? Go outside. It worked for him.

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Trump Jeopardising US Role As Scientific Leader: Nobel Officials

Donald Trump's assault on science could threaten the United States' position as the world's leading research nation and have knock-on effects worldwide, Nobel Prize officials in Sweden told AFP. Since taking office in January, the US president has cut billions of dollars in funding, attacked universities' academic freedoms and overseen…

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Trump Wants Nobel But 'Forgotten' Peacemakers More Likely, Experts Say

US President Donald Trump has made it clear he wants the Nobel Peace Prize when it is announced next week but experts predict he has little chance against those toiling on forgotten causes outside the limelight.

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Nobel laureate George Smoot, who researched the universe's origins at UC Berkeley, dies at 80

Nobel laureate Dr. George Smoot, who conducted groundbreaking research into the origins of the universe, has died

The Independent UK

Over one million back Nobel Peace Prize for Francesca Albanese and Gaza doctors

A PETITION for the UN Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories to win a Nobel Peace Prize has gained over one million signatures.

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Painting Stripes On Cows To Lizards' Pizza Pick: Ig Nobel Winners

Painting zebra stripes on cows to fend off flies, lizards' favourite pizza toppings and how booze helps you speak another language: these were some of the winners at the Ig Nobel prizes, which celebrate the sillier side of science.

International Business Times

Science behind perfect pasta sauce, pizza-eating lizards, drunk bats win 2025 Ig Nobel prizes

Physics applied to study exotic materials in industries helps cook perfect pasta sauce

The Independent UK

Does painting cows with stripes prevent fly bites? Researchers who studied this wins Ig Nobel prize

A researcher who studied fingernail growth and a group that explored whether painting zebra-like stripes on cows reduced fly bights are among the winners of this year's Ig Nobels

The Independent UK

Breaking the Code review – tribute to Alan Turing given a fascinating update

Hugh Whitemore’s 1986 play about the criminalised mathematician is revised, with a new epilogue by Neil Bartlett, to reflect his 2013 pardoning

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Sally Rooney and Annie Ernaux among authors urging Macron to reinstate Gaza writers programme

20 authors, including Viet Thanh Nguyen and Abdulrazak Gurnah, call on the French president to restart scheme to help creatives evacuate

The Guardian - UK

Tory MSP accused of politically motivated attack on Scottish slavery links research

A TORY MSP has been accused of making politically motivated attacks on slavery research in Scotland.

The National (Scotland)

Trump's Push For Peace Prize Won't Sway Us, Says Nobel Committee

Donald Trump's obsession with winning the Nobel Peace Prize next month may have hit a hitch -- the stubborn independence of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which insisted to AFP that it cannot be swayed.

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Balzan prizes of nearly $1 million awarded for democracy studies and advances in leukemia treatment

The Switzerland-based Balzan Foundation on Monday announced four awards of nearly $1 million for excellence in the humanities and hard sciences

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John Bibby obituary

Other lives: University lecturer in statistics and publisher of educational books who aimed to make maths learning fun

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Cancellation of DEI-Related Grants Likely Violates First Amendment, Ninth Circuit Holds

Today's Ninth Circuit decision in Thakur v. Trump (Judge Morgan B. Christen, joined by Judges Richard A. Paez and Roopali… The post Cancellation of DEI-Related Grants Likely Violates First Amendment, Ninth Circuit Holds appeared first on Reason.com.

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Argentina’s Javier Milei launches group to boost Israel-Latin America ties

The Argentinian president will dedicate his $1m Genesis Prize to a new diplomatic initiative called the ‘Isaac Accords’.

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The Guardian - UK

UK recovers position in EU’s Horizon Europe science research programme

Scientists received €735m in grants in 2024 after UK rejoined programme as associate member post-Brexit

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Dismay as north of England universities miss out on share of £54m talent fund

Exclusive: MP presses minister for explanation as thinktank says omission undermines innovation in the north

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Voices: My friend Lord Desai: A rare figure who was respected across political, cultural and academic divides

COMMENT: Lord Desai’s parliamentary aide, friend and mentee Sahil Hansrani pays his respects to a man who made his home in British politics and academia and became the first Labour peer of Indian origin

The National (Scotland)

Nobel-winning Scottish chemist predicts Alzheimer’s drugs in 5 years

A Nobel Prize-winning Scots chemist has said he believes drugs to treat Alzheimer’s disease could be available within five years

The Guardian - AU

Can a common denominator unite warring contestant nations at the International Mathematics Olympiad?

Determination by IMO organisers to remain apolitical divides participating countries amid wars in Ukraine and Gaza

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The Rev John Heywood Thomas obituary

Other lives: Theologian of note and proud champion of the Welsh language

Evening Standard

Universities awarded funding to help recruit ‘world’s top researchers’ to UK

The £54 million Global Talent Fund aims to attract up to 80 researchers in high-priority sectors such as life sciences and digital technologies.

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