Oct 12 Poverty expert Angus Deaton awarded Nobel prize in economics By Kristen Doerer Princeton economist Angus Deaton was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Science on Monday for his analysis of consumption, poverty and welfare. Continue reading
Oct 10 Watch 1:31 Scientist who discovered HIV says achieving remission in patients may be 'feasible' By PBS News Hour More than 30 years after she identified one of the most pernicious viruses to infect humankind, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering HIV, is retiring. Barré-Sinoussi says even though a cure may never… Continue watching
Oct 08 Svetlana Alexievich, investigative journalist from Belarus, wins Nobel Prize in Literature By Corinne Segal The Swedish Academy awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday to Svetlana Alexievich, a Belarusian investigative journalist who has collected hundreds of firsthand accounts on international conflicts including World War II, the Soviet War and the Chernobyl disaster. Continue reading
Oct 07 DNA repair research wins 3 scientists Nobel Prize in chemistry By Nsikan Akpan Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar split the 2015 Nobel Prize in chemistry for mechanistic studies of DNA repair. Continue reading
Oct 06 Nobel Prize awarded for changing neutrinos, the 'chameleons' of particle physics By Nsikan Akpan Takaaki Kajita of University of Tokyo and Arthur B. McDonald of Queen's University in Canada have now won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass. Continue reading
Oct 05 2,000-year-old Chinese herbal therapy plays major role in Nobel Prize for Medicine By Nsikan Akpan William C. Campbell, Satoshi Ōmura and Youyou Tu win this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their research into drug treatments for parasites. Continue reading
May 24 'A Beautiful Mind' mathematician John Nash and wife killed in taxi crash By Carey Reed John Forbes Nash Jr., the Nobel laureate and Princeton mathematician, whose life story was the inspiration for the book and movie "A Beautiful Mind," was killed in an car accident along with his wife in New Jersey Saturday morning, New… Continue reading
Feb 05 Watch 8:23 What 'Gangnam Style' can teach us about the Psy-chology of investing By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 10 Nobel Peace Prize winners Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi honor 'forgotten children' By Larisa Epatko Malala Yousafzai said she was “very proud” to represent her country Pakistan in winning the Nobel Peace Prize, and in being the youngest Nobel recipient at age 17. “Along with that, I’m pretty certain that I’m also the first recipient… Continue reading
Oct 10 Watch Looking back at the peace-promoting work of Malala Yousafzai, Kailash Satyarthi - Part 1 By PBS News Hour Continue watching