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music Bob Dylan's 2016 Nobel Lecture in Literature David Pescovitz

Science Nobel Prize in Chemistry honors DNA research that could lead to new cancer treatments Xeni Jardin

Science Nobel prize physicist says you should cook pasta by turning off the burner; Michelin chef disagrees Mark Frauenfelder

venice Local news agency with no Pulitzer Prize reports that area restaurants have no Michelin stars Jason Weisberger

History Questions about Chilean poet Pablo Neruda Elías Villoro

physics Scientists win 2022 Nobel Prize by proving that reality is not locally real Thom Dunn

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deaths Anti-apartheid archbishop Desmond Tutu dead at 90 Rob Beschizza

math Jaques Tits, the mathematician behind Tits buildings, the Tits alternative, the Tits group, and the Tits metric, has died at 91 Annie Rauwerda

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politics Nicholas Kristof resigns from the New York Times, considering run for Oregon governor David Pescovitz