Wow!: Nurse-midwife Edna Adan Ismail, opponent of female genital mutilation, wins Templeton Prize
Dr Edna Adan Ismail is the first African woman to receive the prize, which is valued £1.1 million. KATHRYN POST, of Religion News Service, reports…
Nobel laureate and physicist Wilczek wins Templeton Prize
United StatesAP Frank Wilczek, the Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist and author renowned for his boundary-pushing investigations into the fundamental laws of nature, was honoured on Wednesday with this year’s prestigious Templeton Prize, awarded to individuals whose life’s work embodies a fusion of science and spirituality. In a statement, the John Templeton Foundation praised the 70-year-old […]
Renowned conservationist Jane Goodall wins Templeton Prize
AP Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her expertise on chimpanzees and her globe-spanning advocacy of environmental causes, was named Thursday as this year’s winner of the prestigious Templeton Prize, honoring individuals whose life’s work embodies a fusion of science and spirituality. Goodall, born in London in 1934, traveled to Kenya in 1957 and met […]
US health chief Francis Collins wins Templeton Prize
RNS Francis Collins, world-renowned geneticist and director of the US National Institutes of Health, is the 2020 recipient of the Templeton Prize. The award, valued at £1.1 million, honours individuals who use scientific advancements to answer the deepest questions related to humanity’s existence and purpose. Collins is perhaps best known for leading the Human Genome […]