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The Nobel Prize in Physics 2017 © Nobel Media.

Ill. N. Elmehed Barry C. Barish Prize share: 1/4 © Nobel Media.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2017 was divided, one half awarded to Rainer Weiss, the other half jointly to Barry C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne "for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves". »

The deputy warden from the world's most humane maximum security prison, Halden Prison in Norway, goes on a mission to change one ... http://www.informationnews.ml/2017/09/breaking-cycle-excerpt.html.

The deputy warden from the world's most humane maximum security prison, Halden Prison in Norway, goes on a mission to change one of the most notorious prisons in the world – Attica Correctional Facility in New York State.

How will the Nordic ideas about dialogue and humanity be received by staff and inmates in Attica?. »

Space10, Ikea's innovation lab, has designed a prototype of a mini-farm that can grow greens and herbs indoors.

Called Lokal, it uses a hydroponic farming system — allowing crops to grow on trays under LEDs in a climate-controlled box.

This process allows the greens to grow about three times as fast as they would in an outdoor garden. »

SYDNEY: Australia offered to help the United States reform its gun laws on Tuesday (Oct 3) after a successful two-decade clampdown on firearms in the wake of its own worst mass shooting.

Thirty-five people died in the massacre, a turning point for a nation that traditionally had a high rate of gun ownership.

James Carouso, the acting US ambassador to Australia, admitted his country could learn from Australia when it comes to gun policy. »