Science prizes
Misinformation fuelled by ‘tsunami’ of poor research, says science prize winner
Dutch microbiologist Elisabeth Bik, winner of prestigious John Maddox prize, says trust in science is being undermined
Hannah Devlin Science correspondent
01, Dec, 2021 @7:00 PM
Nobel prize in medicine awarded to US duo for work on sense of touch
David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian share 10m-kronor prize for discovery of receptors for temperature and touch
Ian Sample Science editor
04, Oct, 2021 @11:35 AM
The Guardian view on unorthodox thinking: science would not get far without it | Editorial
Editorial: The Ig Nobels are a reminder that Jonathan Swift was wrong about reason. Without research driven by curiosity, there would be far fewer breakthroughs
Editorial
10, Sep, 2021 @4:46 PM
Upside down rhinos and nose-clearing orgasm studies win Ig Nobel prize
Research from the more unusual realms of science is recognised every year at this alternative awards ceremony
Ian Sample Science editor
09, Sep, 2021 @10:00 PM
Steven Weinberg obituary
Winner of the 1979 Nobel prize whose insights determined the direction of high-energy particle physics for decades
Frank Close
02, Aug, 2021 @4:02 PM
The Code Breaker by Walter Isaacson review – a science page-turner
Designer babies and ethical quicksand ... The biographer of Steve Jobs tells the story of Jennifer Doudna and the development of gene-editing
Laura Spinney
11, Mar, 2021 @7:30 AM
Jack Steinberger obituary
Nobel prizewinning scientist whose work played a significant role in the development of modern particle physics theory
Frank Close
11, Jan, 2021 @5:58 PM
US game theory specialists win Nobel prize in economics
Paul R Milgrom and Robert B Wilson awarded prize 26 years after game theory scholar John Nash
Phillip Inman
12, Oct, 2020 @4:50 PM
Three scientists share Nobel prize in physics for work on black holes
Roger Penrose says win, shared with Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez, ‘is in some ways a distraction’
Nicola Davis Science correspondent
06, Oct, 2020 @1:58 PM
Nobel prize in medicine awarded to US-UK trio for work on hepatitis C
Harvey Alter, Michael Houghton, Charles Rice share 10m Swedish kronor prize
Ian Sample Science editor
05, Oct, 2020 @4:32 PM
Frozen poo and narcissists' eyebrows studies win Ig Nobel prizes
Gongs also awarded for research into vibrating earthworms, French kissing and bellowing alligators
Ian Sample Science editor
17, Sep, 2020 @10:00 PM
Sir Paul Nurse: 'The UK has taken a leap several decades into the past'
The Nobel prize-winning scientist on Covid-19 and the burden of Brexit
Andrew Anthony
15, Aug, 2020 @4:00 PM
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