Nobel Prize
How Epstein wheedled his way into Bill Gates’ world – and why Melinda hated it
The billionaire Microsoft co-founder took a reputational hit from his association with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
- by Anupreeta Das
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The Nobel Prize winning banker tasked with leading his country out of chaos
Student leaders who organised the protests in Bangladesh have wanted Muhammad Yunus to lead an interim government.
- by Sheikh Saaliq and Julhas Alam
What have the Simpsons got to do with a Nobel laureate’s latest novel?
A strange presence in Jon Fosse’s latest short novel is a tantalising invitation to curiosity and doubt.
- by Bram Presser
Will a revolutionary DNA-editing tool end disease – or threaten humanity?
When US biochemist Jennifer Doudna discovered the key for editing DNA, she opened scientific frontiers full of promise – and peril.
- by Greg Callaghan
Nobel laureates, Pulitzer winners lead Sydney Writers’ Festival line up
More than 35 stars of the international literary scene will feature as part of the 2024 Sydney Writers’ Festival.
- by Helen Pitt
Last month she received the Nobel Peace Prize. This week she stopped eating
Narges Mohammadi has begun a hunger strike from her prison cell in Iran.
- by Jon Gambrell
Opinion
Flexible working
Goldin’s Nobel prize shows flexible work is key for women, despite what CEOs say
Her research shows remote work of the pandemic era is not an “aberration”, as some CEOs have labelled it, but a regression toward the mean.
- by Sarah Green Carmichael
Gender pay gap professor wins Nobel economics prize
Harvard University professor Claudia Goldin is only the third woman to win the economics prize.
- by David Keyton and Mike Corder
Thousands still await action from Canberra
Readers respond to the Nixon review and the exploitation of vulnerable migrants.
Who is Narges Mohammadi, the jailed Nobel Peace laureate?
“Every single award will make me more intrepid, more resilient and more brave.”
- by Jon Gambrell, John Leicester and Elena Becatoros
Jailed Iranian activist wins Nobel Peace Prize for fighting oppression of women
Narges Mohammadi is one of Iran’s leading human rights activists, who has campaigned for women’s rights and the abolition of the death penalty.
- by Reuters
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