How the Nobel Peace Prize is chosen
This year, there were 286 nominations for the peace prize – comprising 197 individuals and 89 organisations. The selecting ...
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Nobel Peace Prize Goes to Group of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Survivors Amid Nuclear Tensions
A Japanese grassroots movement made up of atomic bomb survivors has been awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize.
AI is having its Nobel moment. Do scientists need the tech industry to sustain it?
Hinton is only the second person to win both a Nobel and Turing. The first, Turing-winning political scientist Herbert Simon, ...
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Han Kang’s Experimental Touch
From the daily newsletter: the first South Korean to win a Nobel Prize in Literature. Plus: the Saudi Princesses held captive ...
South Koreans are joyful after Han Kang wins Nobel Prize for literature
SEOUL, South Korea — South Koreans reacted with joy and astonishment on Thursday after learning that homegrown writer Han ...
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If the Nobel Prizes were designed today, what would change?
The awards’ strict constraints often prompt frustration — if these prestigious prizes were created for the twenty-first ...
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Local anti-nuclear activists cheer Nihon Hidankyo's Nobel Peace Prize
Local advocates of nuclear disarmament are cheering the awarding of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize to Nihon Hidankyo, a group of ...
Nobel Peace Prize given to Japanese organization Nihon Hidankyo for its work against nuclear weapons
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organization of survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings ...
From Bell Labs To Google: Corporate Accolades And Responsibilities
Google has the resources and ability to help build online spaces that promote democracy and strengthen society, aligning with ...
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Nobel Peace Prize Goes to Japanese Atomic Bomb Survivors Who Fight for Nuclear Disarmament
The grassroots organization, Nihon Hidankyo, was lauded for "demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons ...
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Nobel Increases Pressure on States to Join Nuclear Weapons Ban
The awarding of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize to the Japanese organization Nihon Hidankyo acknowledges the central role of ...
AMD doubles down on AI, Google faces possible breakup and ‘causal AI’ is coming
Advanced Micro Devices is making an even bigger push to capture AI workloads with several new processors, data processing units and network interface cards unveiled this week, along with a concerted ...