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Nobel Prize-winning scientist reveals the gruesome way deadly 'mirror bacteria' could take over the human body - as scientists call for an urgent halt on all research on it
3 days, 4 hours ago

Nobel Prize-winning scientist reveals the gruesome way deadly 'mirror bacteria' could take over the human body - as scientists call for an urgent halt on all research on it

Daily Mail  

The idea of a deadly artificial bacteria taking over the human body might sound like something from the next season of The Last of Us. It might sound like something out of The Last of Us but scientists now warn that a deadly 'mirror bacteria' could take over the human body A Nobel Prize-winning scientist has revealed how deadly 'mirror …

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Dutch emergency energy fund ends due to lack of private funding
3 days, 15 hours ago

Dutch emergency energy fund ends due to lack of private funding

NL Times  

The Dutch government will discontinue its temporary emergency energy fund next year, citing insufficient financial contributions from private companies, including energy providers and banks. Secretary of State for Social Affairs Jurgen Nobel informed the House of Representatives on Thursday that the fund, which supported low-income households struggling with energy bills, will not be extended in 2025 despite a 60 million …

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Opinion: Conflict in South Korea reopens the very wounds examined in this year’s Nobel laureate’s work
3 days, 15 hours ago

Opinion: Conflict in South Korea reopens the very wounds examined in this year’s Nobel laureate’s work

LA Times  

When the Nobel committee recognized Han Kang in October for her body of work exploring “the fragility of human life,” it could not have known how relevant the theme would feel in South Korea just two months later. Han, the first Korean writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, has long been interested in the existence of the victims …

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The Church of England’s moral authority is now gone
5 days, 21 hours ago

The Church of England’s moral authority is now gone

The Independent  

It is hard to have sympathy for the Church of England over the failings of its leadership. This is not about clergy-bashing: the Church of England as an institution lacks credibility in its moral authority, and the flock may find it can believe without belonging. Marie Parker-Jenkins Limerick, Ireland A warmer welcome Your article concerning the numbers of people crossing …

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Trump is playing his anti-establishment cards: We mustn’t follow suit
1 week ago

Trump is playing his anti-establishment cards: We mustn’t follow suit

Live Mint  

If there is one thing other than personal loyalty common to US President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet choices, it is that they are all anti-establishment. It is indeed ironic that this wave comes in the year that the Nobel Prize for Economics was awarded to a trio of professors whose life’s work has been on the importance of institutions. While their …

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The Taste by Vir Sanghvi: Abhijit Banerjee's new book explores India's complex food culture
1 week ago

The Taste by Vir Sanghvi: Abhijit Banerjee's new book explores India's complex food culture

Hindustan Times  

The next time a foreigner tells you that Indians only like very sweet desserts and offers you the example of our mithai here is a reply you can offer. When you consider how vast the population of India is, it may surprise you to know that every single Indian adult and child spent an average of around Rs.100 year per …

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Prison will not silence me, Iran's Mohammadi says
1 week, 3 days ago

Prison will not silence me, Iran's Mohammadi says

Raw Story  

Narges Mohammadi, the Iranian 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate on temporary medical leave from prison, said in a video call released Thursday that she would never let prison silence her. "The Islamic Republic is seeking opportunities to silence any opposing voices in the country," Mohammadi said. Handing over the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize to the Japanese atomic bomb survivors group …

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Nagasaki survivor accepts Nobel Peace Prize and calls for world free from nuclear weapons
1 week, 5 days ago

Nagasaki survivor accepts Nobel Peace Prize and calls for world free from nuclear weapons

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A survivor of the 1945 …

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Japanese atomic bomb survivors accept Nobel Peace Prize
1 week, 5 days ago

Japanese atomic bomb survivors accept Nobel Peace Prize

Al Jazeera  

Nihon Hidankyo, the Japanese atomic bomb survivors’ group, has accepted the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize “for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons”. “I was just so shocked.” He said the group’s mission is “ensuring that nuclear weapons will never be used again”, and that it includes ending the war in Gaza. “The nuclear superpower Russia threatens …

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Japanese survivor of atomic bomb recalls its horrors in Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech
1 week, 5 days ago

Japanese survivor of atomic bomb recalls its horrors in Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech

Associated Press  

OSLO, Norway — A 92-year-old Japanese man who lived through the American atomic bombing of Nagasaki described on Tuesday the agony he witnessed in 1945, including the charred corpses of his loved ones and the ruins of his city, as he accepted this year’s Nobel Peace Prize on his organization’s behalf. “The nuclear superpower Russia threatens to use nuclear weapons …

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Dozens of Nobel laureates sign letter opposing RFK Jr. as Trump's health secretary
1 week, 6 days ago

Dozens of Nobel laureates sign letter opposing RFK Jr. as Trump's health secretary

Raw Story  

Seventy-seven Nobel prize winners on Monday sent an open letter to the US Senate opposing the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump's choice for Secretary of Health and Human Services, citing his "lack of credentials" and anti-vaccine beliefs. "In view of his record, placing Mr. Kennedy in charge of DHHS would put the public's health in jeopardy," …

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What India needs to transform to outthink the west
1 week, 6 days ago

What India needs to transform to outthink the west

New Indian Express  

Nostalgia is a concept often misused to create distance. Patrick Geddes, the Scottish biologist and first biographer of Jagadish Chandra Bose, captured one such slice when he said what Indian science needs was good myth. Shockley said Bose was a genius and then added, “The rest is toilet paper.” The same sense of play and confidence could be seen in …

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Putin not aware of nuke weapons' threat: Nagasaki survivor before Nobel ceremony
1 week, 6 days ago

Putin not aware of nuke weapons' threat: Nagasaki survivor before Nobel ceremony

India Today  

Russian President Vladimir Putin does not truly understand the destructive power of nuclear weapons, a 92-year-old survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki said on Monday, on the eve of his Japanese survivors' group receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. This year's Nobel Peace Prize was won by Nihon Hidankyo, a group of now elderly survivors of the US atomic bombing …

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'Belligerent critic': 75 Nobel Laureates beg senators to shut down major Trump nomination
1 week, 6 days ago

'Belligerent critic': 75 Nobel Laureates beg senators to shut down major Trump nomination

Raw Story  

A group of 75 Nobel laureates are concerned that there will be a disaster for public health, with someone like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. leading the Department of Health and Human Services. The New York Times reports that "it's the first time in recent memory that Nobel laureates have banded together against a Cabinet choice," according to 1993 winner, Richard …

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Nobel laureate warns Putin about danger of nuclear weapons
1 week, 6 days ago

Nobel laureate warns Putin about danger of nuclear weapons

Raw Story  

This year's Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Japan's atomic bomb survivors' group Nihon Hidankyo, on Monday urged Russia to stop issuing nuclear threats in a bid to prevail in its war in Ukraine. "President Putin, I don't think he truly understands what nuclear weapons are for human beings," said Terumi Tanaka, the 92-year-old co-chair of Nihon Hidankyo and a survivor of …

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Nobel Peace Prize winner urges Putin to understand the destructiveness of nuclear weapons
2 weeks ago

Nobel Peace Prize winner urges Putin to understand the destructiveness of nuclear weapons

Associated Press  

OSLO, Norway — Terumi Tanaka, a survivor of the U.S. atomic bombings of Japan and the representative of an organization that won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, called on Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday to stop making nuclear threats. Asked by a reporter if he had a message for Putin, Tanaka said that the Russian leader’s repeated nuclear threats …

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Japan’s Empress Masako says the Nobel for atomic bombing survivors shows the need to push for peace
2 weeks ago

Japan’s Empress Masako says the Nobel for atomic bombing survivors shows the need to push for peace

Associated Press  

TOKYO — Japanese Empress Masako said the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, an organization of survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, was a key event of this year that impressed and reminded her of the importance of global peace efforts. Her comment comes one day before a group of 30 atomic bombing survivors will …

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Kennedy tenure at HHS would jeopardize public health, Nobel laureates say in letter to Senate
2 weeks ago

Kennedy tenure at HHS would jeopardize public health, Nobel laureates say in letter to Senate

CNN  

CNN — Dozens of Nobel Prize winners are urging the US Senate to oppose Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to lead the US Department of Health and Human Services in a letter dated Monday. The letter – signed by 77 laureates in chemistry, economics, medicine and physics – cites Kennedy’s opposition to vaccines, his criticism of the fluoridation of drinking …

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Hemingway look-alikes visit Cuba and some of the late writer’s favorite places
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Hemingway look-alikes visit Cuba and some of the late writer’s favorite places

Associated Press  

HAVANA — Ernest Hemingway has returned to Cuba. “That is the reason for our visit: the kids and their families,” said Joe Maxey, from Tennessee, who is one of the bearded men honoring the author of “The Old Man and the Sea.” Charlie Boice, center, winner of the 2015 “Papa” Hemingway Look-Alike Contest at Sloppy Joe’s Bar in Key West, …

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Legendary New York Times Columnist Announces Retirement
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Legendary New York Times Columnist Announces Retirement

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING After nearly 25 years as a New York Times Opinion columnist, Paul Krugman announced Friday that he plans to retire from the gig at the end of the year. The American economist and Nobel laureate has been a fixture at the paper since his first column on Jan. 2, 2000, where he predicted the beginning of the …

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BJP leaders, Hindutva groups intensify Kolkata protests against Bangladesh, calling for economic blockade
2 weeks, 2 days ago

BJP leaders, Hindutva groups intensify Kolkata protests against Bangladesh, calling for economic blockade

The Hindu  

There is no let-up in protests in Kolkata over the developments in Bangladesh, with Hindutva groups and Bharatiya Janata Party leaders hitting the streets calling for economic blockade of the neighbouring country. Several Hindutva organisations and the State BJP leadership have organised protests in Kolkata since the November 25 arrest of Chinmoy Krishna Das, a monk of the International Society …

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Han Kang, winner of the Nobel Literature Prize, is shocked by recent events in South Korea
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Han Kang, winner of the Nobel Literature Prize, is shocked by recent events in South Korea

Associated Press  

STOCKHOLM — South Korean author Han Kang, this year’s winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, said Friday that she was shocked by this week’s martial law announcement in her home country. Han, awarded by the Nobel committee “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life,” spoke to journalists at a news …

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Bangladesh to replace Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s image with ‘graffiti’ on banknotes
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Bangladesh to replace Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s image with ‘graffiti’ on banknotes

Live Mint  

Months after Bangladesh's former PM Sheikh Hasina's ousting, Bangladesh is set to remove the image of ‘Bangabandhu’ Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the country's founding father, from its currency, Dhaka Tribune reported. Bangladesh's New Currency Design The Bangladesh Bank has begun the process of printing new banknotes, which will feature symbols of the July protests, including religious landmarks, Bengali cultural elements, and …

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The connection correction: How to stop loneliness shopping
2 weeks, 3 days ago

The connection correction: How to stop loneliness shopping

Salon  

The first Christmas after my divorce, I handed my toddler daughter to her father without complaint. Moore added: “When people are super lonely and disconnected from friends and family, we can start to experience something called ‘skin hunger,’ which can really negatively affect our mood, our energy, all the things.” And when our bodies and brains become dysregulated, that’s when …

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