Nobel Prize

Nobel prize winner Bialiatski sentenced to 10 years in Belarus

The charges against Bialiatski, Belarus’ top human rights advocate, and his colleagues were connected to Viasna’s provision of money to political prisoners and helping pay their legal fees.

Belarus, Russia, Ukraine peace activists get Nobel Prize

The honour has gone to detained activist Ales Bialiatski of Belarus, Russia's Memorial group and Ukraine's Center for Civil Liberties at a time when all three countries are parties to a raging conflict.

Three 'click chemistry' pioneers win Nobel Prize

Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and Barry Sharpless have been honoured for discovering reactions that let molecules snap together to create desired compounds and that offer insight into cell biology.

Sleuths of 'spooky' quantum science bag Nobel physics prize

Scientists Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger win the prestigious prize for experiments in quantum mechanics that laid the groundwork for rapidly-developing new applications in computing and cryptography.

Physics Nobel Prize goes to three scientists for quantum mechanics work

The awards were given for "experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science", the award-giving body has said.

Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo wins Nobel Medicine Prize

Paabo has spearheaded the development of new techniques that allowed researchers to compare the genome of modern humans and that of other hominins — the Neanderthals and Denisovans.

Frank Wilczek, Nobel physics laureate, wins Templeton Prize

Templeton Prize-winning physicist pushes boundaries for his work combing scientific insights and the great questions of meaning and purpose pondered by generations of religious thinkers.

Refugee plight chronicler Abdulrazak Gurnah wins Nobel Prize in literature

He is the second writer of colour from sub-Saharan Africa to win the biggest literary award.

Two US scientists win Nobel Prize for Medicine

The scientists won for their discoveries into how the human body perceives temperature and touch, revelations that could lead to new ways of treating pain or even heart disease.

The unbearable lightness of war crimes

Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed joins a long list of Nobel Peace Prize recipients who have been accused of war crimes, abuse and genocide.

A decade after the Arab spring, activism endures in the face of repression

Activists across the Arab world continue to fight for human and civil rights despite violence and intimidation.

Bob Dylan sells his entire catalogue to Universal Music

The amount of the deal is not known, but it is likely to have added millions of dollars to the worth of the folk and rock legend who once wrote “money doesn’t talk, it swears.” The Financial Times said the deal amount could be nine figures.