# Die Kanadese skrywer, digter, vertaler en onderwyseres Anne Carson is bekroon met 2026 se Nobelprys vir Letterkunde. Carson is in 1950 in Toronto gebore en put inspirasie uit antieke Griekse letterkunde. Van haar bekendste werke sluit in Autobiography of Red, The Glass Essay en Nox. Anders Olsson van die Nobelkomitee sê Carson word vereer […]
# Canadian author Anne Carson has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. The poet, translator and teacher was born in Toronto in 1950. Carson’s work draws on ancient Greek literature. Her notable works include Autobiography of Red, The Glass Essay and Nox. The Nobel committee’s Anders Olsson says Carson is being recognised for her […]
# 2026 se Nobelprys vir Chemie is toegeken aan Henri Kagan van Frankryk en Kenso Soai van Japan vir hul baanbrekerswerk oor ingewikkelde chemiese reaksies en selfversterkende chemiese prosesse in asimmetriese organiese sintese. Dit help verduidelik waarom chemiese reaksies soms een vorm van ‘n molekule bo ‘n ander bevoordeel. Hiener Linke van die Nobelkomitee sê […]
# 2026’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to French scientist Henri Kagan and Japan’s Kenso Soai for their work on non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis. Their work helps explain how chemical reactions can produce one mirror-image form of a molecule rather than an equal mix of both. The Nobel Committee’s […]
# Die Oscar-bekroonde aktrise Eva Marie Saint is op 102-jarige ouderdom oorlede in haar huis in Los Angeles. Haar loopbaan het oor meer as sewe dekades gestrek. Sy het rolle vertolk in onvergeetlike klassieke rolprente soos On the Waterfront, waarvoor sy die Oscar vir beste vroulike byspeler gewen het, North by Northwest en Exodus. Saint […]
# Oscar-winning actress Eva Marie Saint passed away at the age of 102 at her home in Los Angeles. Her career spanned over seven decades. Saint starred in memorable classic films such as On the Waterfront, which earned her the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, North by Northwest and Exodus. She was the oldest living […]
# Die Nobelprys vir Fisika vir 2026 is aan Francis Halzen toegeken na hy Antarktiese ys op ‘n nuwe manier omskep het om die heelal waar te neem. Halzen, ‘n Belgies-Amerikaanse fisikus, het die prys ontvang vir sy deurslaggewende bydraes tot die IceCube-neutrino-observatorium en die ontdekking van hoë-energie-neutrino’s van astrofisiese oorsprong. Neutrino’s word dikwels “spookdeeltjies” […]
# The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Francis Halzen for transforming Antarctic ice into a new way of observing the universe. Halzen, a Belgian-American physicist, received the prize for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin. Neutrinos are often called “ghost particles” […]
# ‘n Nuwe studie deur die Universiteit van Kaapstad toon Suid-Afrikaners bestee ‘n verstommende 500-miljard-rand per jaar jaar aan vierings. Die navorsing toon sommige mense bestee tot een-miljoen-rand aan troues, terwyl grafsteenseremonies tot 140-duisend-rand kan kos. Die studie wys ook nege-duisend troues is landwyd binne ‘n tydperk van 32 dae gehou, met die meeste in […]
