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Drink Your Milk: It Could Help You Win a Nobel Prize
Does drinking more milk mean you're more likely to get a Nobel Prize? A new study suggests that there may be a link.
Milestones
DIED Rita Levi-Montalcini, 103, a Nobel Prize--winning neurologist who discovered nerve growth factor, a protein vital to the survival of certain nerve cells...
China’s Nobel Laureate Mo Yan Defends Censorship
At a press conference in Stockholm Mo Yan defended the need for censorship and also declined to repeat earlier comments in support of Liu Xiaobo, the imprisoned...
Nobel Prize In Medicine
One trained in surgery then decided he was no good at it. The other was told by a teacher that the idea of his becoming a scientist was "ridiculous." But Japan's...
The European Union and 10 More Nobel Prize Controversies
Occasionally, a total shoo-in — or, at least, a fairly obvious choice — will materialize come Nobel Prize season, assisting the Nobel committee with what must be...
Photo Essays
Vlad the (Insect) Impaler: LIFE With Nabokov and His Beloved Butterflies
On anyone’s list of the 20th century’s greatest writers never to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov will likely appear at, or very...
The Nobel Prize in Literature: Portraits of the Laureates
More than 100 men and women have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature since the Swedish Academy began bestowing the prize in 1901. That the academy has...
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Top 10 Nobel Prize Controversies
Nothing sparks debate like the Nobel Prize awards. This week we've already had accusations of insularity, Brits betting on Bob Dylan and a winner dying without...
How Nobel Winners Spend Their Prize Money
The honor and prestige of winning a Nobel may be priceless, but nobody would pursue prestige if it didn't pay. The Nobel Prize's 2009 cash value: a cool $1.4...
