Beatrice Fihn Is Banning Nuclear Weapons, With or Without Us
The Swedish anti-nuclear activist led the United Nations to adopt the first legally binding global nuclear ban. Now, she's changing the culture.
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The Women Who Should Win the Nobel Prize—but Haven’t
When the Nobel committees ignore women who do Nobel-caliber science, the awards deserve to lose their relevance.
Viewfinder: Protesters Paying Their Respects for Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo in Hong Kong
Protesters pay their respects outside the Chinese Liason Office of Hong Kong after the death of Chinese Noble laureate Liu Xiaobo, in Hong Kong on July 13th, 2017.
Three Ways This Year’s Nobel Prize Winners Have Helped Society
Here are some surprisingly real-world applications of contract theory. By Dwyer Gunn Oliver Hart. (Photo: Scott Eisen/Getty Images)…
The Unsexy Science of This Year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine
The distortion of incentives in science disfavors the style of groundbreaking research that led to this year’s prize.…
A Conversation With Nobel Prize Winner Angus Deaton
The Princeton professor and Nobel Prize winner speaks candidly about his career, Scottish optimism, and how detailed data can lend subtle insight into human behavior.
Milk a Genius Makes
It’s not just an affinity for chocolate that seems to produce Nobel prizewinners.
Immigration and the Missing Ph.D.s
Post 9/11, the United States has been chasing foreign-born scholars away, much to the nation's detriment.
The Nobel and Literature’s Third Rail
No country is an island, a poet might say, but the insularity of the U.S. has raised some hackles.