Nobel Prize
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Do the Nobel prizes do more harm than good?
Today's Big Question The awards 'draw their share of flak' and can lead to 'scientific error', argue critics
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Nobel prize awarded for ‘click chemistry’ – an environmentally friendly method of building molecules
feature 2022 Nobel prize in chemistry awarded to trio for developing click chemistry, a Lego-like method for joining molecules
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Nobel winner thought call was about broken lawnmower
feature And other stories from the stranger side of life
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Instant Opinion: General election is an ‘unpopularity contest’
In Depth Your guide to the best columns and commentary on Tuesday 10 December
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Trio win Nobel physics prize for work to understand cosmos
Speed Read The scientists were hailed for ‘ground-breaking’ discoveries
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Nobel Peace Prize: anti-rape activists Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege win 2018 award
Speed Read Bookies had tipped Kim Jong Un to get the honour
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Nobel Prize for Medicine goes to cancer breakthrough pair
Speed Read James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo awarded the prestigious prize for ‘exciting and groundbreaking’ work in immunotherapy
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Donald Trump nominated for Nobel Peace Prize - again
In Depth Norwegian MPs put forward the US president for his efforts to denuclearise North Korea
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Nobel Prize for Literature called off for first time since WWII
Speed Read Cancellation of this year’s award follows committee resignations over handling of sexual assault claims
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Nobel literature prize panel boss steps down over sex abuse scandal
Speed Read Swedish Academy chief Sara Danius had been criticised over handling of claims against member’s husband
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Nobel Prize winners say Trump is among greatest threats to mankind
Speed Read Climate change, nuclear war and Facebook top list of existential problems
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Bob Dylan wins Nobel Prize in literature
Speed Read US singer-songwriter edges out Japanese author Haruki Murakami with his 'new poetic expressions'
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Tony Blair's philanthropy prize and four other dubious awards
In Depth GQ names Tony Blair philanthropist of the year but it's not the first controversial prize to be awarded
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Profile: Maryam Mirzakhani, the first woman to win the Fields Medal
In Depth Mirzakhani takes the top maths prize, banishing 'myths about women and mathematics'
By The Week Staff Published
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