Nobel Prizes
Nobel Prize in Medicine Awarded to Scientists Who Revealed How Cells Respond to Different Oxygen Levels
Three medical scientists will share the award for further explaining how the body responds to oxygen abundance
Karen Uhlenbeck Is the First Woman to Win Math’s Top Prize
The Abel Prize honoree was recognized for "the fundamental impact of her work on analysis, geometry and mathematical physics"
Two Activists Fighting Against Sexual Violence in Wartime Are This Year's Nobel Peace Prize Recipients
Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad are recognized for working to bring healing to victims, accountability to perpetrators and greater visibility to the public
What Makes the Nobel-Winning Breakthroughs in Immunotherapy So Revolutionary
Targeting the immune system to fight cancer could be the first step to defeating the disease
Three Evolutionary Scientists Share This Year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Frances Arnold, George Smith and Gregory Winter employed principles seen in evolution to develop proteins that tackle global chemical problems
The Nobels Notoriously Overlook Women Physicists. Donna Strickland's Win Puts That Disparity into the Spotlight
Nobel committee recognizes three physicists in total, all of whom contributed to advancing laser technology
Two Scientists Earn Nobel for Discovering a New Pillar in Cancer Therapy
The award recognizes work that figured out how to encourage the immune system to fight cancer
Should the Nobel Prizes Take a Year Off?
An award designed to go to those who benefit all humanity has a history of prejudice and controversy
Cannibalism, Roller Coasters and Self-Colonoscopies in the News? It's Ig Nobel Season
The satirical awards celebrate some of the strangest scientific research
New Semi-Autobiographical Hemingway Story Published
"A Room On the Garden Side" was written in 1956 and takes place during the liberation of Paris in 1944
Three Quirky Facts About Marie Curie
In honor of her 150th birthday, let's review a few lesser-known pieces of her personal history
Pablo Neruda Did Not Die of Cancer, Raising the Possibility He Was Murdered
The Nobel-prize winning Chilean poet died 2 weeks after the brutal Pinochet regime took power in his country
How Boris Pasternak Won and Lost the Nobel Prize
Today in 1958, the "Doctor Zhivago" author won the Nobel Prize, but the Soviets made sure he never got it
The Man Who Invented Nitroglycerin Was Horrified By Dynamite
Alfred Nobel–yes, that Nobel–commercialized it, but inventor Asciano Sobrero thought nitroglycerin was too destructive to be useful
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons Wins Nobel Peace Prize
The grassroots coalition spearheaded a U.N. treaty to outlaw nuclear arms and hopes to make them taboo, like chemical weapons
More Than 30 Years Since Their Discovery, Prions Still Fascinate, Terrify and Mystify Us
Figuring out what they were was just the beginning of a field of research into prions and prion diseases that's still growing
What to Know About Literature's Newest Nobel Winner British Novelist Kazuo Ishiguro
The author of <i>The Remains of the Day</i> and seven other books explores themes of memory, time and self-deception
Method for Capturing the Smallest Details of Life Nabs Chemistry Nobel
With cryo-electron microscopy, tiny living molecules can be seen in their natural states
Three Scientists Behind the Detection of Gravitational Waves Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics
The trio is the leading force behind the massive pair of detectors that can measures ripples in the fabric of space-time smaller than the width of a proton
Nobel Prize Awarded to Three Scientists Who Mapped the Body's Internal Clock
Circadian rhythms dictate the daily patterns of life on Earth, and understanding these patterns is crucial to overall health
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