Nobel Prize: Five things to know about it

10/03/2024

Stockholm, Sweden-–Since 1901, the Nobel Prizes have been awarded to individuals and organizations for work leading to great advances for humanity, in line with the wishes of inventor Alfred Nobel. Ahead of the announcement of the 2024 Nobel…

Not so fast: Many Nobel winners endured initial rejections

10/15/2019

NEW YORK – Some of the world’s most innovative ideas and creations have started out in a rejection pile. One of this year’s Nobel Prize winners for medicine previously saw his findings on how cells respond to…

Nobel laureates: ‘Despite progress, cancer won’t be wiped out’

12/09/2018

I STOCKHOLM—The winners of this year’s Nobel Prize for Medicine say they expect substantial advances toward treating cancer in the next several decades, although it is unlikely the disease could be eradicated. James Allison of the United…

Tributes pour in for Nobel laureate Kofi Annan

AFP 08/19/2018

FROM his native Africa to the United States, tributes poured in from top leaders around the world Sunday after UN chief, Nobel peace laureate, and “diplomatic rock star” Kofi Annan died at the age of 80. The…

Nobel laureate Malala returns to Pakistan home

AP 04/01/2018

Pakistan’s Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has entered her home in the northwestern town of Mingora in the Swat Valley the first time since 2012. That was the year the Taliban attacked the then-14-year-old for advocating…

Tambourine not Vaseline

Gerard Pareja 10/23/2016

Nakurat ang Literati dihang ang miguwang manaug sa Nobel Prize for Literature mao ang singer-songwriter ug 60s counter-culture icon nga si Bob Dylan. Natawo si Dylan isip Robert Allen Zimmerman sa St. Mary’s Hospital sa Duluth Minnesota…

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