James Webb Telescope Confirms the Universe Is Expanding Faster Than We Thought—and Scientists Still Don’t Know Why
The findings suggest that astronomers’ widely accepted cosmology models might be missing something—meaning the longstanding mystery known as the “Hubble tension” continues
On This Day in 1906, a Nobel Prize Was Awarded to an American for the First Time for Ending a War on the Other Side of the Globe
It was immediately controversial that President Theodore Roosevelt, famous for vigorous military interventions, was the first statesman to win the Peace Prize
Nobel Peace Prize Goes to Japanese Atomic Bomb Survivors Who Fight for Nuclear Disarmament
The grassroots organization, Nihon Hidankyo, was lauded for “demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again”
Han Kang Becomes the First South Korean Author to Win the Nobel Prize in Literature
Best known for “The Vegetarian,” the novelist and poet was praised for her “intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life”
Scientists’ Work on Protein Structure, Which Governs All Aspects of Life, Wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry
David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper revealed how amino acids shape protein structure, a finding that could aid in drug discovery
Scientists Who Developed the Building Blocks of Artificial Intelligence Win Nobel Prize in Physics
John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton shared the award for their work on artificial neural networks and machine learning
American Scientists Win Nobel Prize in Medicine for ‘Groundbreaking’ Gene Discovery Made by Studying Worms
Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun discovered microRNA, tiny molecules that play a crucial role in how cells develop, paving the way for new treatments for diseases
Anus-Breathing Animals and Pigeon-Guided Missiles: Ig Nobel Prizes Reward Unusual but Valuable Science
The annual award ceremony featured costumes, songs and paper airplanes as scientists recognized comedic research across ten disciplines
Mathematician Who Shed Light on Randomness in Algorithms Wins Top Prize in Computing
Avi Wigderson earned the 2023 Turing Award for wide-ranging work in theoretical computer science
Physicist Peter Higgs, Who Prompted a Decades-Long Search for a Tiny Particle, Dies at 94
The Nobel Prize winner predicted the Higgs boson, a fundamental particle that scientists successfully discovered in 2012, explaining how particles get their mass and underlying a key theory of the universe
Nobel Peace Prize Goes to Iranian Rights Activist Narges Mohammadi
Mohammadi, who is currently in prison, is at the forefront of the fight against oppression in Iran
Jon Fosse Wins the Nobel Prize in Literature for Work Probing ‘Human Anxiety and Ambivalence’
The dramatist and author is the first-ever laureate in the prize’s history to write in Nynorsk, a written form of the Norwegian language
Explaining the Colorful Quantum Discoveries That Earned the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov won the award for their work developing tiny “quantum dots” that light TV displays and enable medical imaging
Scientists Studying High-Speed Electrons With Lasers Win Nobel Prize in Physics
Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier created pulses of light so short that they can be used to observe the behavior of electrons
Nobel Prize in Medicine Honors Two Scientists Who Enabled mRNA Vaccines
Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman discovered a way to edit mRNA so it could be used in vaccines without getting attacked and destroyed by the body
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
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