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Nobel Disease (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: nobel prize, paul nurse, physiology

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The Math Superstar Who’s Terrified of AI—and Just Took a Job at OpenAI (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-01 | tags: openai, jacob tsimerman, math

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Launch HN: Prized (YC S26) – Let non-engineer staff build secure internal tools (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-30 | tags: prized, internal tools, company data

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Obituary: Susumu Tonegawa, Japan’s first Nobel prizewinner in physiology or medicine (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-29 | by Hayday | tags: susumu tonegawa, nobel prize, immunology

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Hannah Fry Wins the Leelavati Prize in 2026 for Mathematics Outreach (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-25 | tags: leelavati prize, hannah fry, cambridge university

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The Book Prize Index (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-24 | tags: book prize, keyword semantic, authors

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Fields Medals 2026 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-23 | tags: fields medals, 2026, mathematics

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America needs to stop getting shocked by Chinese AI (theverge.com)

2026-07-21 | by Robert Hart | tags: china ai, openai, anthropic

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Blatant AI slop just won a 25k USD DeepMind Kaggle Grand Prize (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-17 | tags: deepmind, kaggle, grand prize

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Short Story Accused of Being AI-written Goes on to Win Contest's First Prize (slashdot.org)

2026-07-05 | by Posted | tags: nazir, prize, software

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Breaking the Bird Barrier: Scientist Decodes Zebra Finch Language (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-30 | by Deeksha Pandey | tags: birds, calls, elie

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Why did this journal retract two 1940s papers by Max Planck? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-29 | tags: max planck, naturwissenschaften, retraction

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Xprize Founder Insists All the New Tech That’s Surveilling Humans Makes Us ‘Behave Better’ (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-26 | get Surveillance Tech for Behavior → | tags: xprize, sensors, surveillance

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Xprize founder says ‘humans behave better when they’re being watched’ (techcrunch.com)

2026-06-26 | by Sean O'Kane | get CCTV Security Camera System → | tags: xprize, peter diamandis, sensor ecosystem

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Nobel laureate John Jumper is leaving DeepMind for rival Anthropic (techcrunch.com)

2026-06-20 | by Anthony Ha | get DeepMind Research Notebook → | tags: nobel prize, alphafold, deepmind

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The discovery that changed how scientists think about memory (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-17 | by Sascha Brodsky | get Memory Foam Mattress → | tags: kavli prize, oswald steward, synapses

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The discovery that changed how scientists think about memory – IBM (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-17 | by Sascha Brodsky | get IBM Memory Storage Device → | tags: ibm, neuroscience, neurons

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TikTok Shoppers Thought They Were Bidding on iPhones. Instead, They Won Teddy Bears (wired.com)

2026-06-16 | by Reece Rogers | get Smartphone Bidding Teddy Bear → | tags: tiktok, apple, prize wheel

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Feynmann's solved ‘restaurant dilemma’ 50 years ago — now a study confirms his mathematics (feeds.nature.com)

2026-06-01 | by Castelvecchi | get Game Theory Strategy Board → | tags: feynman, nobel prize, restaurant dilemma

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The literary world isn’t prepared for AI (theverge.com)

2026-05-22 | by Gadel Valle | get AI Writing Assistant Tool → | tags: language models, granta, commonwealth short story prize

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Regional Winners of Prestigious Literary Prize Suspected of Using Chatbots (slashdot.org)

2026-05-20 | get AI Writing Assistant Tool → | tags: commonwealth short story prize, chatgpt, ai-generated stories

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Literary Prizewinners Are Facing AI Allegations. It Feels Like the New Normal (wired.com)

2026-05-19 | by Miles Klee | get AI Literary Analysis Tool → | tags: commonwealth foundation, granta, chatgpt

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25 years of chemistry that simply clicks (feeds.nature.com)

2026-05-06 | by Davis | get Molecular Model Kit → | tags: click chemistry, sharpless, nobel prize

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Pulitzer Prize Winner in International Reporting (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-05 | tags: international, international reporting, prize

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Pulitzer Prize Winners 2026 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-04 | tags: pulitzer prize, winners, 2026

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The predictable failure of the QDay Prize (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-26 | by Craig Gidney | tags: quantum cryptanalysis, shor’s algorithm, quantum error correction

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Kellogg’s just dropped something inside cereal boxes you haven’t seen in years (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-24 | get Kellogg's Cereal Collector's Toy → | tags: kellogg's, cereal boxes, toy-filled

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How to impress the Nature Awards judges (feeds.nature.com)

2026-04-22 | by Hobson | get Nature Awards Trophy → | tags: nature awards, spinoff prize, gut microbiota

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A Pascal's Wager for AI Doomers (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-20 | get AI Safety Book → | tags: yasha bengio, deep learning, turing prize

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Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist Predicts Humankind Won't Survive Another 50 Years (slashdot.org)

2026-04-19 | by Posted | get Survival Solar Power Kit → | tags: nobel prize, physicist, humankind