Nobel Prizes
By Studying Corn, Barbara McClintock Unlocked the Secrets of Life
A look through a historic microscope helps explain what we all owe the Nobel Prize-winning scientist
Nobel Peace Prize Goes to Human Rights Activists in Belarus, Ukraine and Russia
Belarus political prisoner Ales Bialiatski, the Russian group Memorial and the Ukrainian Center for Civil Liberties jointly won this year’s award
Nobel Prize in Chemistry Rewards Research Into Snapping Molecules Together
Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless received the award for developing new tools that will improve medicine
Annie Ernaux Wins Nobel Prize in Literature for Her Unabashed Autobiographical Writing
The French author is the 17th woman to win the prize
Breaking Down the Quantum Research That Earned Three Physicists the Nobel Prize
What they revealed could enable ultra-secure computing and new telescope technology
Svante Pääbo Wins Nobel Prize for Unraveling the Mysteries of Neanderthal DNA
The Swedish geneticist used 40,000-year-old bones to sequence the early humans' genome
No Nobel Prizes in Science Went to Women This Year, Widening the Awards' Gender Gap
Fewer than three percent of Nobel science winners are women, and only one woman of color has ever received the award
Abdulrazak Gurnah, Chronicler of Migrant Experience, Wins 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature
The Zanzibar-born author of ten novels tells richly detailed stories about people living "in the gulf between cultures and continents"
Scientists Behind 'Ingenious' Molecule-Building Tool Win Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Researchers Benjamin List and David MacMillan independently discovered cheaper, greener ways to create new molecules
Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to Scientists Who Warned the World of Climate Change
Their groundbreaking research answered fundamental questions about our universe and Earth’s complex climate
Scientists Studied Spicy Chili Peppers and Cool Menthol for Their Nobel Prize–Winning Research on Heat and Touch
Their independent discoveries answer fundamental questions about how we sense our environment and could lead to breakthrough pain relief treatments
Fifty Years Ago, the First CT Scan Let Doctors See Inside a Living Skull
The invention came from an eccentric British engineer who worked at a company now better known for selling Beatles albums
Looking Beyond the Female Firsts of Science History
Two authors ask readers to change their understanding of what science is and who gets to participate
National Cathedral Unveils Carving of Elie Wiesel, Nobel Laureate and Chronicler of the Holocaust
The bust of the "Night" author appears in a corner of the Washington, D.C. church's Human Rights Porch
How Scientist Jennifer Doudna Is Leading the Next Technological Revolution
A new book from Steve Jobs biographer Walter Isaacson offers an incisive portrait of the gene editing field that is changing modern medicine
Long-Hidden Trove of Bob Dylan Letters, Handwritten Lyrics Heads to Auction
The archives of harmonica player and close Dylan friend Tony Glover act as a "time capsule" of 20th-century music, says RR Auction
World Food Program Wins 2020 Nobel Peace Prize
This year's award seeks to highlight the need for global solidarity in a time of crisis, says prize committee chair Berit Reiss-Andersen
American Poet Louise Glück Wins Nobel Prize in Literature
The esteemed writer and teacher previously won the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
Two Scientists Receive the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Their Discovery of CRISPR
The award-winning researchers, Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier, harnessed the power of gene-editing technology and revolutionized biology
Three Scientists Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for Breakthrough Black Hole Discoveries
These Nobel laureates helped discover and describe the mysterious cosmic voids in our universe
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