Articles for Nobel Award

Dutch researcher wins Ig Nobel Award for international study into bored students
1 year, 3 months ago

Dutch researcher wins Ig Nobel Award for international study into bored students

NL Times  

Dutch researcher Wijnand van Tilburg has won an Ig Nobel award for his part in an international study into the boredom of teachers and students. The study “Boredom Begets Boredom” concluded that students or teachers expecting a lecture or class to be boring can actually make it even more boring for them. The results indicated that “the mere expectation that …

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Bialiatski joins small group of jailed Nobel Peace laureates
2 years, 2 months ago

Bialiatski joins small group of jailed Nobel Peace laureates

Associated Press  

STOCKHOLM — Belarussian pro-democracy campaigner Ales Bialiatski, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with human rights groups in Russia and Ukraine, is the fourth person in the 121-year history of the Nobel Prizes to receive the award while in prison or detention. His 1935 Nobel Peace Prize made Nazi leader Adolf Hitler so furious that he prohibited all Germans from …

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Nobel Prize season arrives amid war, nuclear fears, hunger
2 years, 2 months ago

Nobel Prize season arrives amid war, nuclear fears, hunger

Associated Press  

This year’s Nobel Prize season approaches as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has shattered decades of almost uninterrupted peace in Europe and raised the risks of a nuclear disaster. Members of the European Parliament have called for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the people of Ukraine to be recognized this year by the Nobel Peace Prize committee for their resistance to …

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Nobel Prize for Literature 2021: What time is the award being announced today?
3 years, 2 months ago

Nobel Prize for Literature 2021: What time is the award being announced today?

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The 2021 Nobel Prize for literature is being announced today. Last …

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Ig Nobel prize goes to scientists who gave an alligator helium
4 years, 3 months ago

Ig Nobel prize goes to scientists who gave an alligator helium

CNN  

London CNN — A team of scientists who put an alligator in a helium-filled box and made it shout have won an Ig Nobel Prize, a prestigious award that commemorates the science world’s more unorthodox experiments. And the ceremony’s Peace Prize went to the governments of India and Pakistan, for “having their diplomats surreptitiously ring each other’s doorbells in the …

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