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College Speaking Fees Gone Wrong: Rutgers Paid Snooki More Than Toni Morrison

The school paid the Jersey Shore reality star $32,000 for a Q&A with students. Toni Morrison is only getting $30,000 to speak at commencement.

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An Empty Chair Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

The Chinese government is the first since the Nazis to prevent anyone from accepting the award.

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It's Nobel Time: Economics

Today's winners work on a resonant problem: What happens when the jobs that are available aren't the right jobs for the unemployed.

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It's Nobel Time: Literature

The winner, largely a surprise choice, is the Peruvian novelist and politician Mario Vargas Llosa.

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It's Nobel Time: Chemistry

Today's prize went to three scientists who created a new chemical reaction that is responsible for more than a quarter of all drugs on the market.

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It's Nobel Time: Physics (and an Amazing New Material You Need to Hear About)

The winners are two Russian scientists who have created a material that is both the thinnest and strongest in the world.

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It's Nobel Prize Time: Medicine

It's the first day of Nobel week! Today's winner, in Medicine: Robert G. Edwards, the man behind in-vitro fertilization

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On Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech

President Barack Obama delivered a sober speech upon accepting his Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Thursday (video after the jump). Speaking with grace...

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This Week at TreeHugger: Climate Showdown in Bangkok and Water (Fountains) Under the (Solar) Bridge

Just before he won the Nobel, Obama got dissed at climate talks in Bangkok. TreeHugger spoke with Oxfam's lead climate...

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Who Will Win the Nobel Peace Prize?

The Nobel Prize for medicine was announced today, marking the beginning of another exciting Nobel week, with prizes given out every day from now...