Today, we take it for granted that people have different blood types. But not so long ago, it was believed that all blood was the same – a fatal misunderstanding.
Magical realism
Much like fairy tales, magical realism novels blur the lines between fantasy and reality.
The 2024 physics laureate reflects on the value of interdisciplinary research and the future of AI.
David Baker, 2024 chemistry laureate, believes that progress in science is made by working together and sharing ideas. Listen to him talk about how he sees mentoring as one of the most essential parts of his job.
Hear the 2024 physics laureate talk about the development of AI, his fascination with understanding the human brain and how his family legacy of successful scientists put pressure on Hinton to follow in their footsteps.
The 2024 economic sciences laureate talks about how the past, future and present are interconnected, as well as how science fiction and history are intertwined.
The 2024 medicine laureate talks about his scientific journey, his love of science and his experiences on imposter syndrome.
Antibiotic resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria, 3d illustration.
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“Comedy is a form of intelligence”
If you had the chance to meet a Nobel Prize laureate, what would you ask? In the video series Students meet Nobel Prize laureates, students from all over the world meet Nobel Prize laureates for conversations on being a scientist. Here, 2024 medicine laureate Gary Ruvkun shares how humour is an important part of doing science.
Luc Montagnier, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Jean-Claude Chermann, the French scientists who helped discover the causes of AIDS, in their laboratory of Pasteur Institute in Paris, 1984
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Perspectives on life
Want to think like a laureate?
Ever wondered how Nobel Prize laureates think about the world? Watch the video series where laureates share their challenges and how the lessons they learnt can help us navigate our own lives.
Aage Bohr and Niels Bohr on the occasion of the defence of Aage's doctoral thesis, 1954.
Photo: Niels Bohr Archive, Copenhagen.
David Baltimore, Renato Dulbecco and Howard Temin showed how the virus does its job, the interaction between tumour viruses and the genetic material of the cell.
Over the years, Nobel Prize-awarded advances in medicine show that remarkable progress is possible.
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Read about how scientists found ways to use the immune system to treat cancer.
Nobel Prize laureate Tasuku Honjo, surrounded by his team at Kyoto University, immediately after hearing the news that he had been awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
The story behind insulin, that helps some of the over 400 million people around the world with diabetes.
Preparing syringe for insulin shot.
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Follow Hana Khider and her all-female team of Yazidi deminers attempting to clear their land of mines. Their job involves painstakingly searching for booby traps in bombed out buildings and fields, where one wrong move means certain death.
