Oct 7, 20242 min read
A Nobel Prize for what?
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology was awarded to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for... (drumroll)... The two discovered...
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May 12, 20242 min read
My Amygdala Made Me Do It
Brain connections – that is, the neurons and the sparks, ions, and biochemicals that fire them – were the topic of no less than 30 Nobel...
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Oct 2, 20232 min read
2023 Nobel Prize is no surprise
The 2023 Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded today to two of many researchers whose discoveries made possible mRNA jabs for COVID. This...
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Dec 5, 20222 min read
Trust Me, I'm a Doctor
Surgery is not typically a Nobel Prize winning category, but there have been some notable exceptions. Theodore Kocher perfected nearly...
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Oct 3, 20223 min read
From Neanderthals to the Nobel Prize
Svante Pääbo has won the 2022 Nobel Prize in medicine. Pääbo was reached by the Nobel committee at his home in Leipzig, Germany where he...
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Sep 25, 20223 min read
The Prizes are Coming!
Stay by your phone in the wee hours of the morning of October 3, 2022 (11:30AM Stockholm time) for the call from the Nobel Committee...
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Sep 13, 20223 min read
When science is wrong
Retraction, definition: the action of drawing something back; withdrawing after having been presented or published. The latest...
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