Ig® Nobel Prize Winners For achievements that first make people LAUGHthen make them THINK “The Ig Nobel awards are arguably the highlight of the scientific calendar.” — Nature —> You can add yourself to the Ig Events mailing list. The … Read more
We’ve begun shipping out orders for the first commercial book written and sold in both natural language and DNA. Learn more in our announcement article or click here to order. What would you give for a Nobel Prize? For more … Read more
EnglishNorwegian Announcement The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2024 to the Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo. This grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, also known as Hibakusha, is receiving the … Read more
By Ben Ogilvie The Nobel Prize in Economics does not exist. UChicago should stop pretending otherwise—hinging our university’s reputation on an outright fraud is not a good look. And UChicago Booth students and staff should be more skeptical of our … Read more
From desert to gold mine — Frederick Reines was a larger-than-life physicist who did larger-than-life experiments. Chasing the Ghost: Nobelist Fred Reines and the Neutrino Leonard A. Cole World Scientific (2021) In the early 1950s, the physicist Frederick Reines and his … Read more
Fourteen laureates were awarded a Nobel Prize in 2022, for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. Their work and discoveries range from paleogenomics and click chemistry to documenting war crimes. See them all presented here.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2022 to one individual and two organisations. The Peace Prize laureates represent civil society in their home countries. They have for many years promoted the right to … Read more
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EnglishNorwegian Announcement The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2021 to Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace. Ms … Read more
Jul 3rd 2021 STOCKHOLM Editor’s note: This year What If?, our annual collection of scenarios, considers the future of health. Each of these stories is fiction, but grounded in historical fact, current speculation and real science. They do not present … Read more