What can we learn from fraud and folly?
Davies is a wide-ranging thinker, but there is a common thread in his work: he is a connoisseur of fraud and failure. (He has already given readers of this column the unforgettable story of the time ...
Blue Zones offered hope as real-life fountains of youth – new research says they can be explained by comically flawed data
Last month, Dr Saul Newman of the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing was awarded the Ig Nobel Prize for his work debunking Blue Zones. Newman’s investigation into serious flaws in the data about ...
The Most Controversial Nobel Prize in Recent Memory
This year’s economics award reinforces a comforting but false story about democracy.
VOX POPULI: It’s a pity North Korea’s leader is so unwilling to ‘learn’
One of this year’s Ig Nobel prizes was awarded posthumously to Burrhus F. Skinner (1904-1990), a well-known American ...
Google DeepMind’s John Jumper On Winning The Nobel Prize And The Future Of AlphaFold
While language models are getting better at performing tasks like writing poetry and emails, Jumper is looking forward to an ...
Iran’s imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate hospitalized with severe health issues
Activists say Iranian authorities have allowed imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to be hospitalized ...
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Narcissist eyebrow study, alligator breathing helium among this year's Ig Nobel prize winners
Narcissist eyebrows, insect researchers with a fear of spiders and an alligator inhaling helium were among the topics of scientific studies honoured with awards in this year's Ig Nobel Prizes on ...
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Apathy, Han Kang and the Nobel Prize for literature
At this point, controversies should not be a surprise when it comes to the Nobel prizes, especially not for literature. With a sexual assault scandal, the awarding of a genocide denier and its ...
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The Prize in Economics
Who could have guessed that? The “Ig Nobel Prize” is a satirical prize awarded annually since 1991 to celebrate unusual achievements in scientific research. Perhaps the most interesting are in ...
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Moscow: US politicizing Nihon Hidankyo's Nobel win against Russia
A Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson has insisted that it is unacceptable to see this year's Nobel Peace Prize as a message about Russia's continuing nuclear threats. The spokesperson directed ...
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These Tiny Worms Account for at Least 4 Nobel Prizes
Supported by By Teddy Rosenbluth When scientists win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, they typically thank family and colleagues, maybe their universities or whoever funded their research.
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This year’s Nobel prize exposes economics’ problem with colonialism
Jostein Hauge does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...