Nobel prize
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Why Einstein Just Got Ranked as History’s Greatest Hero
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Why We Need More Intellectually Promiscuous Scientists
Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . When Thomas Steitz, Ada Yonath, and Venkatraman Ramakrishnan were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their research, in 2009, they acknowledged a debt. Without the work of two of the Physics Laureates that year, the chemists would have lacked the CCD […] -
The Tangled History of Big Bang Science
Diagram outlining the critical stages of evolution of the Universe from the Big Bang to the present.CERN / Flickr Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . For a theory of the universe as successful as the Big Bang, it may come as a surprise to realize how many complications its […] -
One Big Question Not Answered by Today’s Nobel Winners
Earlier today three US-based researchers shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their research on vesicles, special structures that ferry all kinds of molecules around biological cells, and are fundamental to those cells’ functioning. Their findings provide some key background for our understanding of life—information that will fill textbooks for decades—though they lack […] -
The Underdogs of Fame
Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . This issue of Nautilus deals with fame: what it is, where it resides, and why. But we all know that fame is a fickle beast, smiling upon a fortunate few and forsaking others who are more deserving. So, tell us, who should […]
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Think You Know Science? Bet in the Nautilus Nobel Exchange
For better or worse, the Nobel Prize is accepted by both society at large and a great many scientists—though they generally loath admit it—as the ultimate metric of success in the sciences. On the good side, the announcement of one of the science Nobels is a surefire mainstream news story dedicated to new, pathbreaking research; […]
