How Not to Win a Nobel Prize
A search through the Nobel archives shows how the history of the famous prize is filled with near misses and flukes
Norwegian Nobel Winners Release Their Inner Avant-Garde Musicians
Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine repurposed a Norse folk tune for a science lecture
James Watson Will Be the First Nobel Laureate to Sell His Medallion
But his racist comments have created a surge of pushback
How the Transistor Radio with Music for Your Pocket Fueled a Teenage Social Revolution
In a burst of post World War II innovation, the Regency TR-1 transistor radio became the new “It” gift for the holiday season
The Nobel Prize in Physics for the Discovery of Neutrons Was Auctioned Off This Week
The prize fetched more than Faulkner’s Nobel, but less than Crick’s
Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma’s Revolutionary Leader
The Nobel Peace Prize winner talks about the secret weapon in her decades of struggle—the power of Buddhism
Helen Gurley Brown, the World Trade Center and Nobel Prizes…
A look back at the world in Smithsonian Magazine’s first year
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