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"The Nobel Prize" in All Posts 1
Michelle Malkin
Ed Morrissey has done a terrific job at Hot Air chronicling President Obama’s malapropisms, blunders, fantasy math, and history-flubbing with his “Obamateurisms” series. It’s a gaffe-a-minute with the supposedly silver-tongued emir ... 2
Huffington Post: Technology
It's an odd concept but there is a movement to nominate "the Internet" for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. There's even a Web site, InternetForPeace.org,... 3
Improbable Research
From a portrait of 2005 Ig Nobel chemistry prize winner Bijan Pakzad:
Bijan dresses some of the world’s most powerful men: former President of the United States George W. Bush, Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger, American ... 4
Black Web 2.0
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Huffington Post: Books
NEW YORK — Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohamed ElBaradei (ehl-BEHR'-uh-day) is writing a memoir about his years as head of the International Atomic Energy Agency,... 6
Jacket Copy
Sure, William Faulkner is one of the most iconic writers of the 20th century. He won the Nobel Prize for literature. And was a mailman. When Faulkner accepted the Nobel in 1950, he said, "I feel that this award was... 7
Singularity Hub
When it comes to being a scientist, Adam is quite the standout. No, he is not a Nobel Prize Laureate or even a prodigy. He’s more like a prototype – the first robot to design, perform, and interpret a series of scientific experiment... 8
Britannica Blog
Over 200 nominations for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize now that they’ve seen how easy it is to get one. Glen Beck and the Family Guy are short listed.
New national English standards—talk good, be able to text while driving and use... 9
Feministing
President Obama announced last week the charities that will be receiving money from his Nobel Peace Prize Award. The full list is here, but it includes a Haiti relief organization, and a number of organizations focusing on access to... 10
Lifehacker
The internet is one of 237 nominees for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. From the BBC: "The nomination for the internet is supported by 2003 Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi and the... 11
Seeking Alpha
Howard Richman submits:In a commentary in Sunday's New York Times (Taking on China), Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman called for an accross the board 25% tariff on Chinese goods. Here is his specific recommendation: In 19... 12
Alternet
What if our economy was not built on competition? Nobel Prize winner Elinor Ostrom talks about her work on cooperation in economics. 13
MAKE: Science
Einstein, who would be 131 today, needs no introduction. The foremost mathematician of the 20th Century, he held a position at the Institute of Advanced Study, one of the most storied intellectual centers in the world. Nobel Prize... 14
Gizmag
Does the name Charles Thacker mean anything to you? Here’s a hint – he has recently been awarded the Turing Award – the most prestigious award honor in computing and considered to be the computing equivalent of a Nobel Prize. What h... 15
Daily Kos
"I was a 28-year-old kid and I didn't stop to ruminate about it. I didn't think, 'My God, we've changed the history of the world!'". -- Glenn T. Seaborg, Nobel Prize winner and Manhattan Project Scientist, from a 1947 interview, o... 16
Epicenter
‘The internet’ is in the running for the 201o Nobel Peace Prize.
The BBC reports that ‘the internet’ is among a record 237 individuals and organizations nominated, up from even last year’s all-time high of 205.
Modesty does not prev... 17
World from Newser
A hospital official says former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is recovering after being hospitalized in the South Korean capital with stomach pains. He is expected to be released tomorrow. The 86-year-old Nobel Peace Prize l... 18
The Volokh Conspiracy
The award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Barack Obama last year, despite the very modest nature of his success in actually achieving peace so far, has stimulated a record number of nominations for the prize this year:
A record 237 peop... 19
Obama Today
When President Obama received his Nobel Peace Prize last fall, he also received $1.4 million as part of his award. The president had said he would donate the prize money to charity.
Today the White House announced the names of ten o... 20
AmericaBlog.com
Good for him.President Barack Obama plans to donate the $1.4 million from his Nobel Peace Prize to helping students, veterans' families and survivors of Haiti's earthquake, among others, drawing attention to organizations he said "d... |
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