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The Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist weighs in on gender discrimination in science and advises young women entering the profession.
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A conversation with the Johns Hopkins University molecular biologist and co-winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Medicine.
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A gnawing habit of sense-criticism and anxiety over authenticity keep the Nobel Prize winner up at night.
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Even the best among us fail and fail a lot. So why not drop the empty notion of heroism and use an accurate method for judging humans?
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The Nobel laureate explains why talk of Turkey joining the EU quickly faded away.
While writers have a moral obligation to address all of humanity in their works, Orhan Pamuk is skeptical of the aesthetics of avoiding categorizations entirely.
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As the Nobel laureate and Istanbul native argues, the so-called clash between Eastern and Western cultures in the region is a malignant myth—in reality, civilizations can come together easily.
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Orhan Pamuk has a penchant for the great but forgotten museums that inspired the likes of Proust and Malraux—places where one goes to contemplate "life after death."
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When it comes to love, the human mind is often split between feelings of disappointment and ecstasy. But how does one communicate this? The Turkish novelist and Nobel laureate spent […]
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As the Nobel laureate explains, there is a very basic human need that stands as the basis of collecting—it allows us to cope with trauma. But in the museums of […]
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To avoid getting caught adrift in the whims of the writing process, the Nobel laureate developed a meticulous system for planning his novels out that resembles the tactics of a […]
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A conversation with the Nobel Prize-winning author of "The Museum of Innocence."
There has been outrage at the revelation that British police have garnered the world’s biggest DNA database without proper regulation or debate.
China has put to death two of the key players in a milk poisoning scandal that led to the deaths of six infants in 2007.
An internet romance that ended in the disappearance of a woman has left police with a homicide investigation but no evidence and no body.
A 14-year-old girl could be charged as an accomplice to the gang-rape of her ninth-grade classmate after she spoke to reporters last week.
Brain scans have been used in a murder trial for the first time ever to try to prove that the defendant is a psychopath.
A more intrusive iPhone worm than the recent “Rick Astley” hack is worrying Apple as it puts sensitive information under threat of exploitation.
A TV pay-per-view service is now available for the Nintendo Wii in Japan—but there’s no sign that it's heading stateside just yet.
Burma’s Muslim minority are fleeing the region in large numbers to live in self-made refugee camps and try to find transport to Malaysia.