9 d. ago Venezuela’s Maria Corina Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize, sparking White House anger

The US president has openly sought the award this year, saying he should receive it but that the awards committee might not give it to him.

Society

1 week ago Venezuela’s Maria Corina Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize despite intense Trump campaign

The US president has openly sought the award this year, saying he should receive it but that the awards committee might not give it to him.

Politics

1 week ago Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai wins Nobel Prize in literature

Krasznahorkai, 71, previously won the 2015 Man Booker International Prize, and is known for his novels often unfolding in single sentences.

Politics

1 week ago Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai wins Nobel Prize in literature

Krasznahorkai, 71, previously won the 2015 Man Booker International Prize, and is known for his novels often unfolding in single sentences.

Politics

1 week ago ‘No one else is doing it’: Allegra Spender wins top prize for tax push

Independent MP Allegra Spender has been awarded the McKinnon Prize for Emerging Political Leadership.

Economics

1 week ago Why winning his Nobel Prize is this humble scientist’s ‘worst nightmare’

The first sign something unusual was happening was the vanilla slice.

Science

1 week ago Why Trump is unlikely to win Nobel Peace Prize, even after Gaza breakthrough

The US president has piled pressure on the Nobel Committee to get the award – but one historian says he would only win if the judges had a “nervous breakdown”.

Politics

1 week ago They said his work was ‘a load of rubbish’. Now this Melbourne professor has a Nobel Prize

Richard Robson, 88, was one of three scientists who won the award in chemistry for a molecular framework that, among other things, can be used to suck water out of dry desert air.

Politics

2 w. ago The fascinating life of one of history’s most cantankerous scientists

Nobel Prize-winning physicist Luis Alvarez was the Indiana Jones of science – albeit a grouchy one.

Events