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FabrikaCr/iStockBy JON HAWORTH, ABC News (LONDON) — The 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to the American poet Louise Glück “for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal.” […]

Brian Lawless – WPA Pool/Getty ImagesBy KATIE KINDELAN and ZOE MAGEE, ABC News (LONDON) — Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, has launched a new environmental prize described by Kensington Palace as the “most prestigious […]

sacco/iStockBy JULIA JACOBO, ABC News (CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA) — The Tasmanian devil, the feisty marsupial that only resided on the island of Tasmania for the last 3,000 years, has been reintroduced into Australia’s mainland for the […]

DNY59/iStockBy ALEXANDER MALLIN and JAMES GORDON MEEK, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department will announce Wednesday that two former ISIS guards are en route to the U.S. where they will face charges for their […]

Svisio/iStockBy JON HAWORTH, ABC News (LONDON) — Two scientists have been announced as the winners of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday. Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna were jointly awarded the prize for […]

ABIDAL/iStockBy JULIA JACOBO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — The ozone hole over Antarctica has grown to its “maximum size” just one year after researchers reported that it was at its smallest since its discovery. The […]

Comic Relief/BBC Children in Need/Comic Relief via Getty ImagesBy KATIE KINDELAN, ABC News(LONDON) — The floss challenge has nothing on the royal family, some of whom have mastered it with ease. Kate, the Duchess of […]

Cappan/iStockBy JON HAWORTH, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Three scientists have been announced as the winners of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday. Roger Penrose was awarded half of the prize “for the […]

Hailshadow/iStockBy JON HAWORTH, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Three scientists have been announced as the winners of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine “for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus,” the Nobel Committee […]

Khaled DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images By HATEM MAHER, ABC News (SAQQARA, Egypt) — Egypt on Saturday unveiled a collection of 59 sarcophagi unearthed in the ancient necropolis of Saqqara, with officials saying they expect tens […]