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Nobel Prize

Every year, the Nobel Prize is given to honor outstanding achievements in the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, economic sciences and peace. It's considered one of the world's most prestigious awards.

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April 10, 2024

Nobel Prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs dies, aged 94

March 28, 2024

Nobel-prize winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman dies

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Reports & Analysis

Nobel Laureate and theoretical physicist, Professor Peter Higgs

Peter Higgs: A fundamentally modest physicist

Peter Higgs: A fundamentally modest physicist

Physicist Peter Higgs lived to see the impact of his discovery — the Higgs boson or God Particle. He died aged 94 years.
ScienceApril 10, 2024
Khaya Ally und Abiy Ahmed

Abiy Ahmed: Unrealistic expectations of hope?

Abiy Ahmed: Unrealistic expectations of hope?

Were the aspirations of Ethiopia's prime minister unrealistic in a dysfunctional multi-ethnic system?
PoliticsApril 3, 202401:55 min
An Iranian women holds up her arm at a 2022 protest

What does Mohammadi's Nobel Peace Prize mean?

What does Mohammadi's Nobel Peace Prize mean?

Narges Mohammadi's Nobel Peace Prize marks a milestone in a decades-long women's rights movement.
Human RightsDecember 10, 2023
Iran Narges Mohammadi in Teheran

Iran: Fears for jailed Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi

Iran: Fears for jailed Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi

2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi has been allowed to see a doctor. Her husband still fears for her life.
PoliticsNovember 12, 2023
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Study: No such thing as a 'beautiful scrotum'

Study: No such thing as a 'beautiful scrotum'

There is no ideal length, width, or size of men’s scrotum, claim scientific study rewarded with IG Nobel Prize.
ScienceOctober 20, 2023
Protesters gather in London to protest against the Iranian regime following the death of Jina Mahsa Amini

Amini wins Sakharov Prize: Will it help Iranian women?

Amini wins Sakharov Prize: Will it help Iranian women?

The award brings hope to women in Iran. Whether it will reinvigorate the cause remains to be seen.
Human RightsOctober 19, 2023
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In the spotlight

Claudia Goldin speaks to a reporter on the phone in her home in Cambridge, Mass

Nobel Prize: Claudia Goldin wins 2023 award for economics

Claudia Goldin has won the 2023 Nobel prize in Economics for advancing understanding of women's labor market outcomes.
BusinessOctober 9, 2023
Narges Mohammadi with the cover of a book with title, 'White Torture,' in Persian.

Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi: Documenting Iran's torture

The work of Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi sheds light on human rights abuses suffered by Iran's political prisoners.
Human RightsOctober 6, 2023
A closeup of Herta Müller at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2014

Herta Müller: Master seamstress of words at 70

The Nobel laureate, pursued by Romania's communist secret police, dared to write what authorities didn't want written.
LiteratureAugust 17, 2023
Shirin Ebadi, Friedensnobelpreisträgerin

'Iran will be democratic one day': Shirin Ebadi

DW spoke to Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi, recognized with a prize at the Human Rights Film Festival.
Human RightsOctober 23, 2022
Damon Galgut holds a copy of "The Promise"

'African writing is vibrant and living'

Booker Prize winner Damon Galgut speaks about "The Promise" and how it reflects South Africa's society and history.
LiteratureNovember 27, 2021
Abdulrazak Gurnah smiling in a garden.

Can the Nobel Prize 'revitalize' African lit?

Abdularazak Gurnah is the fourth author from sub-Saharan Africa to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.
LiteratureOctober 8, 2021