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A short story writer and novelist, Han is best known for her book "The Vegetarian", which was her major international breakthrough and won the Man Booker Prize in 2016.
2 years agoJust one in 10 researchers at the prestigious University of Tokyo are women, and one in five students. ...
2 years agoWith no official shortlist, speculation is rife on who the 18-member Academy will settle on, the suspense ending when it announces its pick at 1:00 pm (1100 GMT). ...
2 years ago"AI's role in transforming how we do science cannot be underestimated," Elena Simperl, a professor at King's College London's informatics department said.
2 years agoDirector Bobby Prasetyo and his lead actors, Jerome Kurnia and Lukman Sardi, discuss how their latest film is a fresh breakthrough in the Indonesian horror pantheon and why they chose to approach it as a drama.
2 years agoEven if removing carbon dioxide works, it can do nothing to mitigate other aspects of climate change, from sea level rises to changes in ocean circulation, scientists said in research published in the journal Nature on Wednesday.
2 years agoBiochemist David Baker, 62, was given half the award "for computational protein design", while Demis Hassabis and John Jumper shared the other half "for protein structure prediction," the jury said.
2 years agoCulture Minister Lisa Nandy denied the singer was given preferential treatment, after reports she had a motorbike escort usually reserved for senior members of the royal family and politicians.
2 years agoForests nearly the size of Ireland were lost in 2023, with 6.37 million hectares of trees felled and burned, "significantly exceeded" levels that would have kept the world on track to eliminate deforestation by the end of the decade.
2 years agoAn exhibition of Chinese arts and crafts symbolizing the close connections between China and Indonesia.
2 years agoEntertainment memorabilia auctioneer Propstore is selling more than 1,800 items at its annual live auction, which this year runs from Nov. 14 to 17, and which it estimates could fetch more than 10 million pounds (US$13.1 million).
2 years agoAmphoras, statuettes, vases, oil lamps and figurines are among the 44 objects unearthed in Gaza going on show in the "Patrimony in Peril" exhibition at the Museum of Art and History (MAH).
2 years agoTens of thousands of lavender bushes, grasses and other plants form swirls and spirals across a dozen hectares that, seen from the air, unmistakably resemble the celestial configuration painted by the Dutch post-Impressionist master in 1889.
2 years agoSome scientists are already hard at work seeking to create an AI colleague worthy of a Nobel, with this year's laureates to be announced between Oct. 7 and 14.
2 years agoNepal is reeling from its worst flooding in decades after ferocious monsoon rains swelled rivers and inundated entire neighbourhoods in the capital Kathmandu, killing at least 236 people.
2 years agoThe motorcycle race brought a modern thrill to this timeless land and was scorching in every sense.
2 years agoReservations are booked through the end of the year to visit the singer's home on Paris' Left Bank immaculately preserved with Gainsbourg's weird and wonderful bric-a-brac exactly as he left it when he died in 1991
2 years agoIn a scene that sounds straight out of science fiction, the spacecraft deliberately crashed into the pyramid-sized asteroid Dimorphos in 2022, roughly 11 million kilometres (6.8 million miles) from Earth.
2 years agoProgress and tradition, engineering and craftsmanship: In the world of haute horlogerie, Richard Mille’s savoir faire is a testament to the watchmaker’s uncompromising dedication to both innovation and heritage.
2 years agoThe Doomsday Clock, which is set by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ Science and Security Board (SASB), now stands at 90 seconds to midnight, reflecting the highest level of danger ever recorded, surpassing even the Cuban Missile Crisis.
2 years agoNASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov boarded the ISS shortly after the Dragon capsule docked at the station at 2130 GMT, NASA said in a post on X.
2 years agoOver nearly 60 years, New Zealander John McArthur collected more than 20,000 specimens, a kaleidoscope of colour and life that he painstakingly pinned into hundreds of boxes that lined the walls of his home.
2 years agoAcutely vulnerable to climate change, migratory birds offer valuable clues to scientists about how our warming planet is affecting wildlife, from their shifting migration patterns to their body weight.
2 years agoTo date, the most expensive Western painting sold in the region is "Warrior" by Jean-Michel Basquiat, the auction house said.
2 years agoThe biggest real-life test of our planetary defences was carried out in 2022, when NASA's fridge-sized DART spacecraft smashed into a 160-metre (525-feet) wide asteroid, successfully knocking it well off course.
2 years agoAcross the world, in protesters demanding an end to Israel's war in Gaza have worn the black-and-white keffiyeh head scarf, a symbol of Palestinian self-determination.
2 years agoFilled with Games of Thrones-worthy drama and intrigue, Majapahit: Intrigue, Betrayal and War in Indonesia’s Greatest Empire tells the stories of the Majapahit starting from the late 13th century, along with its kings, wives and admirals, many of whose names are already familiar to Indonesian students of history.
2 years agoThe genetic sequences were from a man and a woman whose remains were found at a rock shelter near the southern coastal town of George, about 370 kilometres (230 miles) east of Cape Town, said University of Cape Town (UCT) biological anthropology professor Victoria Gibbon.
2 years agoInger Andersen, director of the UN Environment Program, said her team was "getting ready" for final negotiations in late November in South Korea's Busan.
2 years agoThe selection of Diong marks a major milestone in the operationalization of the new World Bank-administered fund, whose creation in 2022 was a breakthrough for developing country negotiators at United Nations climate talks, overcoming years of resistance from wealthy nations.
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