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James Watson, co-discoverer of the double-helix shape of DNA, has died at age 97
James D. Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped light the long fuse on a…
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Nobel Prize in medicine goes to 3 scientists for work on peripheral immune tolerance
STOCKHOLM — STOCKHOLM (AP) — Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Dr. Shimon Sakaguchi won the Nobel Prize in medicine…
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EPA employees put names to ‘declaration of dissent’ over agency moves under Trump
A group of Environmental Protection Agency employees on Monday published a declaration of dissent from the agency’s policies under the…
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Nobel Prize in literature is awarded to South Korean author Han Kang
STOCKHOLM — The Nobel Prize in literature was awarded Thursday to South Korean author Han Kang for what the Nobel…
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Nobel Prize in physics awarded to two scientists for machine learning discoveries
STOCKHOLM — John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton — who is known as the Godfather of artificial intelligence — were awarded…
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The Nobel Prize in medicine opens 6 days of award announcements
STOCKHOLM — STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Nobel prizes award season begins Monday with the announcement by a panel at the…
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Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of the ‘God particle’ has died at 94
LONDON — Nobel prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of the so-called “God particle” that helped explain how…
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Nobelist Daniel Kahneman, a pioneer of behavioral economics, is dead at 90
SAN FRANCISCO — Daniel Kahneman, a psychologist who won a Nobel Prize in economics for his insights into how ingrained…
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Nobel Prize in literature to be announced in Stockholm
The Nobel Prize in literature will be announced Thursday, with the new laureate, or laureates, joining an illustrious list of…
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Swedish media say winners of Nobel Prize in chemistry may have been announced early
STOCKHOLM — Swedish media say the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences may have announced the winners of this year’s Nobel…
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