Sarah McBride
By Sarah McBride
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Fast Forward Billionaire Pledges $100M To Find Extraterrestrial Life
Wondering if we are alone in the universe has engaged minds through the ages. Add to the list Russian billionaire Yuri Milner, who announced on Monday that he plans to spend $100 million to explore the idea. Using some of the world’s largest radio telescopes, a team of scientists handpicked by Milner will oversee an…
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Fast Forward Breakthrough Prize Outdoes Nobels With $3M Gifts to Science Laureates
(Reuters) — Academia doesn’t usually bring rich financial rewards. But that changed Sunday for recipients of a record 12 Breakthrough Prizes, the award created two years ago by Russian billionaire venture capitalist Yuri Milner, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, Google co-founder Sergey Brin and other tech industry luminaries. Each prize is worth $3 million, almost three…
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