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Arts & Life
Abdulrazak Gurnah, a Tanzanian-born novelist and academic who lives in the U.K., poses with his 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature medal after being presented it at the Swedish ambassador's residence in London.

No black-tie dinner with the Swedish king for this year's Nobel Prize winners

Dec 06, 2021
Instead, most of the laureates are receiving their awards in their home countries because the pandemic has disrupted the ceremonies yet again.
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Planet Money
Goran K. Hansson (C), Permanent Secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and Nobel Economics Prize committee members Peter Fredriksson (L) and Eva Mork (R) give a press conference to announce the winners of the 2021 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in

A Nobel Prize for a revolution in economics

Oct 12, 2021
David Card, Joshua Angrist, and Guido Imbens win a Nobel Prize for revolutionizing how economics is done.
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Science
Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann shared half of this year's Nobel Prize, and Giorgio Parisi was awarded the other half.

The Nobel Prize in physics honors work on climate change and complex systems

Oct 05, 2021
The Nobel Prize in physics was awarded for work on disorder, fluctuations and the ability to predict a changing climate.
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Shots - Health News
A Nobel Prize gold medal seen during the manufacturing process in the Swedish Mint. The medals, presented to each laureate, are made of 18 karat recycled gold and weigh 175 grams (6.13 ounces). The economics medal weighs 185 grams (6.48 ounces).

3 Scientists Win Nobel Prize For Hepatitis C Virus Discovery

Oct 05, 2020
The scientists' work led to a test to protect blood transfusion recipients from hepatitis C and drugs to treat the infection that have saved millions of lives, according to the Nobel Assembly.
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Planet Money

A Q&A With Esther Duflo, Who Wins Nobel Prize Today

Dec 10, 2019
Esther Duflo is the first female economist to win the Nobel Prize. Planet Money talks to her about her win, the state of gender inequality in economics, and her new book.
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Science
A screen displays portraits of Frances Arnold of the United States, George Smith of the United States and Gregory Winter of the U.K. during the announcement of the winners of the 2018 Nobel Prize in chemistry at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on W

Nobel Prize In Chemistry Honors Work That Demonstrates 'The Power Of Evolution'

Oct 03, 2018
An American woman, Frances H. Arnold, has won half of the 2018 Nobel Prize in chemistry, and George Smith of the U.S. and Sir Gregory Winter of the U.K. will share the other half.
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Science
Marie Curie (Left), French physicist and winner of the 1903 Nobel Prize for Physics, Canadian Donna Strickland (Middle), who won the 2018 prize for her work with lasers, and physicist Maria Goeppert Mayer (Right), who won for her work in atomic physics i

The Nobel Prize In Physics: 117 Years, Three Women And Counting

Oct 02, 2018
Donna Strickland is the first woman to win the prize in a generation. Other women in physics are not surprised, but some hope change may be coming.
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The Two-Way
The Stockholm Stock Exchange Building, which has housed the Royal Swedish Academy since the early 20th century, seen in 2010. "It is a bomb dropped right onto the Stock Exchange Building," a local culture editor said of the allegations and subsequent res

Nobel Prize Judges Face Crisis 'Worse Than One Can Imagine' After Resignations

Apr 09, 2018
Three members of the Swedish Academy, which awards the Nobel Prize in literature, protested its response to a simmering scandal by resigning their permanent roles. Now, the group is in a tough spot.
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Goats and Soda
Har Gobind Khorana shared the Nobel Prize in 1968 for his discoveries about DNA.

The Man In The Google Doodle: From Poor Villager To Nobel Prize Winner

Jan 09, 2018
He's the biochemist Har Gobind Khorana, who discovered the grammar that organizes DNA. But first he had to overcome the accent and mannerisms of his Indian village.
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The Two-Way
Einstein arrives in the port in Kobe, Japan, in November 1922. Crowds thronged his lectures in the country, which he toured just after winning the Nobel Prize.

Einstein's Note On Happiness, Given To Bellboy In 1922, Fetches $1.6 Million

Oct 25, 2017
The physicist had just won the 1921 Nobel Prize when he scribbled his theory of happy living on a piece of hotel stationery and handed it to the courier at the Imperial Hotel Tokyo.
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The Two-Way
In this photo provided by the University of Chicago, Richard Thaler poses for a photo with his books at his home in Chicago after winning the Nobel prize in economics, on Monday.

Nobel Goes To American Richard Thaler For Work In Behavioral Economics

Oct 09, 2017
The Swedish Academy said it was awarding Thaler the prize in economics for his pioneering work in incorporating "psychologically realistic assumptions into analyses of economic decision-making."
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13.7: Cosmos And Culture
Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) co-founders Rainer Weiss (left) and Kip Thorne appear during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 11, 2016.

Nobel Winners' Work In Physics Began With Albert Einstein

Oct 03, 2017
Three scientists won the prize after a 25-year-long search of the cosmos for gravitational waves — the waving of space — the one test missing for Einstein, says astrophysicist Marcelo Gleiser.
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The Two-Way
Nobel Committee for Physics members announce the 2017 Nobel Prize winners at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm. The laureates are (from left) Rainer Weiss, Barry C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne.

They Proved Einstein Right; Now They've Won The 2017 Physics Nobel Prize

Oct 03, 2017
For years, three physicists worked to prove Albert Einstein's idea that gravitational waves are rippling through space-time. In 2015, they made history as part of the LIGO Collaboration.
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Shots - Health News

How Messing With Our Body Clocks Can Raise Alarms With Health

Oct 02, 2017
The scientists honored with a Nobel Prize in medicine helped discover that every cell in the body has its own clock. When we ignore those clocks, we increase the risk of weight gain and diabetes.
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The Two-Way
Winners of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine were shown on a screen at Monday's announcement. From left to right: Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young.

Nobel Prize In Medicine Is Awarded To 3 Americans For Work On Circadian Rhythm

Oct 02, 2017
Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young share the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for their discoveries about how internal clocks govern human biology.
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The Two-Way
Matthew Rockloff and Nancy Greer give their acceptance speech after winning the Ig Nobel Economics Prize during ceremonies at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., on Thursday. The pair won for their experiments to see how contact with a live crocodile

Ig Nobels Awarded For Research Into Big Ears, Feline Fluidity

Sep 15, 2017
The annual awards for research "that makes you laugh, then think" also singled out scientists who determined that having contact with a crocodile influences a person's willingness to gamble.
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The Two-Way
Top row from left: Swiss Team, NanoPrix Team, Nano-windmill Company Bottom row: NanoMobile club, Nano-Vehicle NIMS-MANA, Ohio Bobcat Nano-wagon Team

Microscopic Cars Square Off In Big Race

May 02, 2017
This car race involved years of training, feats of engineering, high-profile sponsorships, competitors from around the world and a racetrack made of gold. And it's invisible to the naked eye.
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Politics
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses a rally at Macomb Community College in Warren, Mich., on Monday.

Economists Warn: Trump 'Promotes Magical Thinking And Conspiracy Theories'

Nov 01, 2016
A letter from 370 economists, including eight Nobel Prize winners, says the Republican presidential candidate has misled the country about trade, jobs and growth.
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NPR News Nuggets
Police officers in Trenton, N.J., won't have to wait until Valentine's Day to feel the love from Dunkin' Donuts. The company is buying the building where the local paper <em></em><em>The Trentonian </em>is headquartered.

NPR News Nuggets: 902-5-OH, Paging Bob Dylan & Jedi Battles

Oct 21, 2016
Here's a quick roundup of some of the mini-moments you may have missed on this week's Morning Edition.
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The Two-Way
John Nash, winner of the 1994 Nobel Prize in economics, giving a lecture in 2007.

How Much Is A Nobel Prize Medal Worth?

Oct 16, 2016
On Monday, Sotheby's will auction off a Nobel economics prize medal awarded to John Nash in 1994. So, how much is a Nobel medal worth?
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Newscast headlines

Dylan Doesn't Refer To Nobel Win During Concert

Oct 14, 2016

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Bob Dylan did not mention his winning the Nobel Prize in literature, during a concert in Las Vegas Thursday night.

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The Two-Way
Winners of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, economists Oliver Hart (left) and Bengt Holmström, are displayed on a screen at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on Monday. They won the prize for their work on contract theory.

It's Agreed: Nobel Prize In Economics Awarded For Contract Theory

Oct 10, 2016
Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmström — professors at Harvard and MIT, respectively — were awarded the prize for their work on understanding and improving contract agreements.
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The Two-Way
The winners of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry are displayed on a screen during a press conference to announce the winners at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on Wednesday.

Biggest Prize In Chemistry Goes To Designers Of The Smallest Machines

Oct 05, 2016
Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir J. Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa share the 2016 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. By designing a tiny chain, axle and rotor blade, they made molecular machines a reality.
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The Two-Way
Phase transition occurs when phases of matter transition between each other, such as when ice melts and becomes water. Using topology, Kosterlitz and Thouless described a topological phase transition in a thin layer of very cold matter. In the cold, vort

3 Physicists Win Nobel Prize For Theoretical Research Into Phases Of Matter

Oct 04, 2016
One half of the prize went to David J. Thouless; the other half was shared by F. Duncan M. Haldane and J. Michael Kosterlitz. They used math to explain the odd behavior of unusual states of matter.
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Joe's Big Idea
Sir Harold W. Kroto, a winner of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, gave a lecture on nanoarchitecture in May 2007, in Brussels. "Find something to do where only your best effort will satisfy you," he advised students.

Listen: Sir Harry Kroto Was More Than A Nobel Prize Winner

May 15, 2016
He shared chemistry's top prize in 1996 for finding buckyballs, and had Lou Gehrig's disease when he died. Making art was his first love. "Remember your humanity," he said, "and forget the rest."

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