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Beyond pain and pressure: 2021 Nobel Prize for medicine awards work on sensory perception
David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian were awarded the highest honor in medicine for their research into how human bodies make sense of and respond to the outside world.
Is the universe infinite?
Determining if the universe is infinite pushes the limits of our knowledge.
Landau Genius Scale ranking of the smartest physicists ever
How Nobel Prize winner physicist Lev Landau ranked the best physics minds of his generation.
Prove or disprove: A Nobel Prize winner’s approach to science
Whether the data prove you right or wrong, it's crucial to ask: what else is it telling me?
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How a Nobel Prize winner moves from data to discovery
How do you develop the next big idea? You pull together people who are both curious and passionate.
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2019 Nobel Prizes: What you can learn from this year’s winners
From literature to physics, the annual Nobel Prizes aim to highlight the most groundbreaking achievements in every field.
Hypoxia researchers win 2019 Nobel Prize in Medicine
Three scientist friends, working separately, share the prestigious prize.
Great risk for great gain: Immigrants and innovators are psychologically the same
Don't denigrate immigrants, says Jared Diamond. You are one.
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Objective reality may not exist, European researchers say
A new experiment shows that two observers can experience divergent realities (if they go subatomic).
The missing ‘puzzle’ page of Einstein’s unified theory of everything found
Over 100 new pages of Einstein's writings, including long-lost calculations, have been made public.
Reigning in brutality – how one man’s outrage led to the Red Cross and the Geneva Conventions
The history of the Geneva Conventions tells us how the international community draws the line on brutality.
How President Woodrow Wilson tried to end all wars once and for all
Following World War I, President Woodrow Wilson nearly died trying to ensure world peace.
7 scientists we are thankful for this Thanksgiving
You may not recognize the names, but these seven scientists have improved the lives of people the world over.
Yuri Orlov, the Cornell physicist who was arrested by the KGB and exiled to Siberia
The incredible story of a scientist who survived gulags, fighting to change his country and physics.
Scientists can now map molecular structures in minutes
Electrons show chemists how to see more with less.
Why the number 137 is one of the greatest mysteries in physics
Famous physicists like Richard Feynman think 137 holds the answers to the Universe.
‘God particle’ physicist and Nobel laureate Leon Lederman dies at 96
Lederman helped promote the importance of particle physics to the general public and his research laid the groundwork for the Standard Model.
The 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry winners all work with ‘directed’ evolution
The field they work in is quite cutting edge.
Physics Nobel awarded to Donna Strickland, third woman in history to win
Strickland, whose research helped advance the field of laser science, is the only living female Nobel laureate for physics.
2018 Nobel Prize awarded to cancer immunotherapy pioneers
In the 1990s, the two scientists made key discoveries that led to the development of promising new cancer-fighting immunotherapy drugs.
The 10 greatest living scientists in the world today
The most influential contemporary scientists and their accomplishments.
Einstein’s Gravitational Theory Leads to Nobel Prize Win for Scientists Who Proved It
These scientists scooped up the Nobel by detecting a ripple in space-time.
Why the 4th Gravitational Wave Is a “New Window on the Universe”
LIGO and Virgo reveal a gravitational wave was detected on two different continents. Here's what that means and why it matters.
Scientists Create Molecular Nanodrills That Destroy Cancer Cells
This could end the days of suffering through cancer treatment.
Become a Smarter Negotiator By Using Prospect Theory
Want to make someone an offer they can't refuse? Understand how our minds are hung up on loss aversion, says former FBI negotiator Chris Voss.
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Is Donald Trump Democracy at Work? What One Nobel Laureate Thinks
Nobel Laureate and Columbia professor Dr Eric Kandel discusses the nature of good and evil via the Trump candidacy, and his own devastating childhood experiences in Austria.
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So How Does a Person Win a Nobel Prize in Literature?
How do you win a Nobel Prize in Literature? First you must get nominated, then it gets hard.
Why Bob Dylan Deserves a Nobel Prize in Literature
Though the logic of the Nobel committee is pretty easy to glean when it comes to the sciences, in other, less-defined categories, it surprises on a fairly regular basis.
What Contract Theory Is and Why It Deserves a Nobel Prize
How do we make fair contracts? These guys figured it out, and their work has implications in ethical and business questions about companies like Enron and privatized prisons.
Was Bob Dylan the 20th Century’s Shakespeare?
We didn’t mind Maureen Dowd’s dismantling of (whatever remains of) the mythologizing of Dylan as a hero for/of protest. There was a moment in time when Dylan was hero for […]