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£8m Longitude Prize won for tackling superbug rise
BBC via AOL· 1 day agoSilent pandemic The Longitude Prize - with a financial reward nearly 10 times that of a Nobel - was inspired by a contest in 1714. It was won by John...
Bench to be installed on Silver Comet Trail to honor Toni Morrison
Fox local via AOL· 1 day agoMorrison, the first Black woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, was awarded the Presidential...
Genesis Prize Marks Tenth Anniversary by Honoring Barbra Streisand
FOX 16 Little Rock· 7 days agoThe $1 million "Jewish Nobel Prize" was awarded to the iconic actor, director, producer, writer, and...
Does motherhood hurt women’s pay?
The Economist· 12 hours agoAfter all, numerous studies say parents’ careers can suffer after they have children. For the child penalty, as the career hit is known by economists, is...
Jimmy Carter set a virtuous example as president. To today’s voters, that may not matter
CNN.com· 1 day agoCarter, who was running for the presidency at the time, would narrowly win his White House bid. The 99-year-old Carter, in hospice care and “coming to the end” of his days ...
Review: MARIE CURIE, Charing Cross Theatre
Broadway World· 5 days agoPremiered in South Korea some years ago, it follows young Marie Skłodowska as she moves to Paris to study at the Sorbonne before she goes on to make her...
Akira Endo, scientist whose knowledge of fungi led him to discover the first statin – obituary
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAkira Endo, who has died aged 90, discovered the first statin, a chemical that prevents heart...
What to Read When You Have Only Half an Hour
The Atlantic· 5 days agoFor many years, I assumed that the appeal of a short story was that it was, well, short. The writer Joy Williams, who has published both novels and short...
President-Elect Claudia Sheinbaum’s Eco-Vision To Shape Mexico’s Future
Forbes· 7 days agoMexico made history this week by electing its first female president, Claudia Sheinbaum. This...
In the news | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette· 13 hours agoJulio Frenk, 70, president of the University of Miami, will become the first Latino to lead the University of California, Los Angeles, as he was named...
