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Medicine and Physiology | Anti-parasite drugs

Nature | Anti-parasite drugs sweep Nobel prize in medicine 2015
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I heard Obama is going to get another Nobel peace prize for bringing peace to the Middle East.
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Doc wrote:I heard Obama is going to get another Nobel peace prize for bringing peace to the Middle East.
Somebody was Putin you on ;)
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That's why the Nobel Awards are in the science + tech section.

I lose interest after the chemistry Nobel laureates are announced.
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Typhoon wrote:That's why the Nobel Awards are in the science + tech section.

I lose interest after the chemistry Nobel laureates are announced.
Sometimes literature is a nice surprise. Maybe Ko Un will win.
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Brecher wrote:
Typhoon wrote:That's why the Nobel Awards are in the science + tech section.

I lose interest after the chemistry Nobel laureates are announced.
Sometimes literature is a nice surprise. Maybe Ko Un will win.
Literature is often a surprise.

Svetlana Alexievich: "for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time."

How much of this award is based on talent and how much is based on politics is a puzzle to me.

Of English language authors who were unjustly snubbed, Graham Greene and C. P. Snow come to mind.

In the case of Greene, apparently someone on the award committee strongly disliked him and it came down to who would outlive the other.

Lots of people expect 村上 [Murakami] to receive the award, but he never does.
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Typhoon wrote:
Brecher wrote:
Typhoon wrote:That's why the Nobel Awards are in the science + tech section.

I lose interest after the chemistry Nobel laureates are announced.
Sometimes literature is a nice surprise. Maybe Ko Un will win.
Literature is often a surprise.

Svetlana Alexievich: "for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time."

How much of this award is based on talent and how much is based on politics is a puzzle to me.

Of English language authors who were unjustly snubbed, Graham Greene and C. P. Snow come to mind.

In the case of Greene, apparently someone on the award committee strongly disliked him and it came down to who would outlive the other.

Lots of people expect 村上 [Murakami] to receive the award, but he never does.
Funny story about Greene, and I would be surprised if it weren't true.

I think that Murakami will win eventually. He's relatively young.

I've heard that "Norwegian Wood" is good.
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Typhoon wrote:Medicine and Physiology | Anti-parasite drugs

Nature | Anti-parasite drugs sweep Nobel prize in medicine 2015
Congratulations to Tu Youyou on winning the Nobel Prize in Medicine and for being the most confusing person to sing Happy Birthday to
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noddy wrote:
Congratulations to Two Youyou on winning the Nobel Prize in Medicine and for being the most confusing person to sing Happy Birthday to
and being voted mostly likely to have a multiple personality disorder.....

great name for someone who is either bi-sexual or transgender.....
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Typhoon wrote:That's why the Nobel Awards are in the science + tech section.

I lose interest after the chemistry Nobel laureates are announced.
Lack of showmanship. Let the professional wrestling people do the Nobel announcements one year and watch the difference. Instead of a little coin the physics folks could compete for an Iron Man style "Van Allen Belt". Other disciplines could recieve similar upgrades.
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Nonc Hilaire wrote:
Typhoon wrote:That's why the Nobel Awards are in the science + tech section.

I lose interest after the chemistry Nobel laureates are announced.
Lack of showmanship. Let the professional wrestling people do the Nobel announcements one year and watch the difference. Instead of a little coin the physics folks could compete for an Iron Man style "Van Allen Belt". Other disciplines could recieve similar upgrades.
You're describing the Ig Nobel awards . . .

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