To get a better idea of how toxic rat poisons are for different birds of prey, a team of scientists led by Philippe Thomas from Environment Canada decided to analyze published data on rat poisoning in birds.
Toni Morrison. Toni Morrison born 1931 in Lorain, Ohio, is perhaps the most celebrated contemporary American novelist. Awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1993, Morrison powerfully evokes in her fiction the legacies of displacement and slavery that have been bequeathed to the African-American community.
The Swedish Academy handed Bob Dylan a remarkable, unexpected accolade on Thursday, announcing the singer as the recipient of the 2016 Nobel Prize in literature. In a succinct statement, the Academy said Dylan deserved the honor for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition..