Edward Snowden, co-winner of the Right Livelihood Award, has called on the United Nations to propose new measures to protect individual privacy and human rights.
Internet
Dec 1, 2014
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The 2020 Nobel Prize for chemistry is being announced Wednesday, an award that has frequently honored work which led to practical applications in wide use today—such as last year's win for the brains behind the lithium-ion ...
Other
Oct 7, 2020
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Jurors on Monday held the line on its $119.6 million damages award to Apple in its latest patent battle with smartphone rival Samsung in Silicon Valley.
Business
May 5, 2014
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The BBC won a prestigious Online News Association award for public service journalism Saturday for its use of the chat application WhatsApp to distribute information about Ebola in stricken areas during the 2014 outbreak.
Internet
Sep 27, 2015
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Monsanto has been ordered to pay some $80 million to an American retiree who blames his cancer on the agribusiness giant's weedkiller Roundup, in a case that could influence the outcome of thousands more like it.
Other
Mar 27, 2019
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The engineers and inventors whose creations help deliver colorful, stable film images and cutting-edge animation are getting recognition from Oscar.
Other
Jan 9, 2016
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A University of Maine graduate student's picture of a colorful tiny larval lobster has won a National Science Foundation award.
Ecology
Feb 26, 2016
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A pair of Swiss astrophysicists who were the first to discover a planet from beyond our solar system were honoured Tuesday with a major Spanish science award.
Space Exploration
Jan 24, 2012
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(AP) -- When Louis C.K. released his comedy special "Live at the Beacon Theater" by himself on his website for $5, it was little more than a cautiously optimistic experiment.
Internet
May 1, 2012
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Quentin Tarantino has sued a news and gossip site, saying it posted a leaked script of the director's latest project.
Other
Jan 27, 2014
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