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Nobel Prize

After the Bell: The odd relevance to South Africa of the 2024 Nobel Economics Prize

Business Maverick

After the Bell: The odd relevance to South Africa of the 2024 Nobel Economics Prize

By Tim Cohen

This year’s Nobel prize in economics awarded to team that examined what makes some countries rich and others poor

Maverick Life

This year’s Nobel prize in economics awarded to team that examined what makes some countries rich and others poor

By John Hawkins

‘My novels explore human suffering’: Nobel Prize winner Han Kang writes with empathy for vulnerable lives

Maverick Life

‘My novels explore human suffering’: Nobel Prize winner Han Kang writes with empathy for vulnerable lives

By Valentina Gosetti

You can count female physics Nobel laureates on one hand – recent winners have wisdom for young women in the field

Maverick Life

You can count female physics Nobel laureates on one hand – recent winners have wisdom for young women in the field

By Filomena Nunes

Astronomical achievement - how to win a Nobel Prize in 12 steps (from a guy who has one)

World

Astronomical achievement - how to win a Nobel Prize in 12 steps (from a guy who has one)

By Tiara Walters

Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine — great science, Covid-19 and the salting of fresh wounds

South Africa

Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine — great science, Covid-19 and the salting of fresh wounds

By Steven Boykey Sidley

With so many deserving luminaries, choosing the Nobel Prize winners is never a cut-and-dried endeavour

World

With so many deserving luminaries, choosing the Nobel Prize winners is never a cut-and-dried endeavour

By J Brooks Spector

What is an attosecond? A physical chemist explains the tiny time scale behind Nobel Prize-winning research

Maverick Life

What is an attosecond? A physical chemist explains the tiny time scale behind Nobel Prize-winning research

By Aaron W Harrison

Nobel Prize winner Maria Ressa rails against social media disinformation in ‘How to Stand Up to a Dictator’

Maverick Life

Nobel Prize winner Maria Ressa rails against social media disinformation in ‘How to Stand Up to a Dictator’

By The Reading List

Banks, the Nobel Prize, and our vulnerability to the fear of fear itself

Business Maverick

Banks, the Nobel Prize, and our vulnerability to the fear of fear itself

By Tim Cohen

Nobel peace prize goes to Belarusian, Russian and Ukrainian human rights activists

Magazine

Nobel peace prize goes to Belarusian, Russian and Ukrainian human rights activists

By Robert M. Dover

Annie Ernaux, French feminist who uses language as ‘a knife’, wins Nobel Prize for Literature

Magazine

Annie Ernaux, French feminist who uses language as ‘a knife’, wins Nobel Prize for Literature

By Véronique Duché