- Obama's Nobel Peace Prize: For What?
President Obama today was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples." Extraordinary efforts? He hasn't actually done anything yet...other than not be George...
- A Flaw In Nobel Prize Awards?
He has a point. "Nobel Jury Member Calls Physics Prize ‘Wrong’" Argues that the groundbreaking CERN lab that finally discovered the ‘god particle’ deserved more than a nod by Agence France-Presse October 9th, 2013 The Raw Story The Nobel Prize...
- 2009 Ig Nobel Prizewinners
Tis the season of silliness of scientific research awards. "The 2009 Ig Nobel prizewinners" October 5th, 2009 PhysOrg.com The Ig Nobels are a highlight of the scientific calendar and award research that makes people laugh as well as think. The awards...
- Nobel Prize Jurors And Ethics
This doesn't really come as a surprise. When money and prestige are involved in human activities these two features rise to the top. "Nobel Prize hit by bribery scandal" December 19th, 2008 NDTV The prestigious Nobel Prize has been hit by a bribery...
- "nobel Prize Women In Science..."--worthy Book
Nobel Prize Women in Science: Their Lives, Struggles, and Momentous Discoveries by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne ISBN-10: 0806520256 ISBN-13: 978-0806520254 Publishers Weekly: Only nine of the more than 300 Nobel prizes awarded in science since 1901 have...