Nobel Peace Prize bets on Polymarket under scrutiny: Report

Nobel Peace Prize bets on Polymarket under scrutiny: Report

Data from Polymarket showed one user with a recently opened account made more than $30,000 exclusively through bets on the peace prize winner. Norwegian officials have reportedly launched an investigation into prediction platforms’ bets on 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado as potential espionage. According to a Bloomberg report on Monday, the Norwegian…

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#Geoff Hinton and John Hopfield win Nobel Prize in Physics for their work in foundational AI

#Geoff Hinton and John Hopfield win Nobel Prize in Physics for their work in foundational AI

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has announced the Nobel Prize in Physics 2024. Geoff Hinton and John Hopfield are jointly sharing the prestigious award for their work on artificial neural networks starting back in the late 1970s and early 1980s. More specifically, Hinton and Hopfield were given the award for “foundational discoveries and inventions…

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#Svante Paabo wins Nobel Prize for research on evolution

#Svante Paabo wins Nobel Prize for research on evolution

“Svante Paabo wins Nobel Prize for research on evolution” This year’s Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to Swedish scientist Svante Paabo for his discoveries on human evolution. Thomas Perlmann, secretary of the Nobel Committee, announced the winner Monday at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. Paabo has spearheaded research comparing the…

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#Nobel sold for Ukrainian kids shatters record at 3.5M

#Nobel sold for Ukrainian kids shatters record at $103.5M

“Nobel sold for Ukrainian kids shatters record at $103.5M” NEW YORK — The Nobel Peace Prize auctioned off by Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov to raise money for Ukrainian child refugees sold Monday night for $103.5 million, shattering the old record for a Nobel. A spokesperson for Heritage Auctions, which handled the sale, could not confirm…

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#Bill Gates hoped Epstein would help him win a Nobel: report

#Bill Gates hoped Epstein would help him win a Nobel: report

“#Bill Gates hoped Epstein would help him win a Nobel: report” Bill Gates courted Jeffrey Epstein in the twisted belief the well-connected pedophile could help him get a Nobel Peace Prize, a former staffer claimed, according to a report Tuesday. The Microsoft billionaire horrified staff with the meetings, which started in 2011 — when Epstein…

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#Paul Milgrom, Robert Wilson win Nobel Prize for economics

#Paul Milgrom, Robert Wilson win Nobel Prize for economics

“#Paul Milgrom, Robert Wilson win Nobel Prize for economics” American economists Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson won the 2020 Nobel Prize in economics Monday for their “improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats.” The Stanford University scholars have conducted innovative research into the inner workings of auctions and created new formats for…

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