Bonus episode from English Learning for Curio...

Sign up for the new free Friday newsletter! www.send7.org/newsletterWorld news in 7 minutes. Wednesday 29th April 2026.Today : Mexico capture. Argentina Falklands claim. US Charles visit. UAE leaves OPEC. Israel Lebanon strikes. Nepal Everest open. Indonesia crash. Ghana no deal. ...  Show more

World news in 7 minutes. Tuesday 28th April 2026.Today: US dinner shooter. Microsoft-OpenAI rift. Brazil concert death. Mali defence minister. South Sudan crash. China blocks Meta. Lebanon airstrikes. Germany Merz comments. Romania coalition. And Adidas shares rise. With Ben Mall ...  Show more

Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, was shocked to read his own obituary branding him the "merchant of death." While the story might not be entirely true, it pushed him to reconsider his legacy. His fortune went on to establish the Nobel Prizes, honouring achievements in phys ...  Show more

In this special bonus episode of Nobel Prize Conversations, we shine a light on the many ways achievements in science are celebrated — from quiet late-night breakthroughs in the lab to the glittering applause of the Nobel Prize award ceremony. Host Karin Svensson speaks with Adam ...  Show more

As of the recording of this episode, 1,012 people have been awarded Nobel Prizes across every category.  This episode is not about any of them. This episode is about the people who didn’t win a Nobel Prize but arguably should have.  Whether they were the victims of personal pe ...  Show more

Geir Lundestad, a Norwegian historian, who until 2014 served as the director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, delivered the 2016 Cyril Foster Lecture, 'Twenty-five Years in the Search for Peace: Reflections on the Nobel Peace Prize', on 3rd March 2016. The Cyril Foster Lecture i ...  Show more