The Nobel-Winning Psychologist Who Believed He Found the Secret to Happiness

There’s a better way to make decisions. To understand it, you should know about Herbert Simon, a pioneer of artificial ...
UC San Francisco

A Nobel Legacy: 5 Decades of Astounding Prize-winning Discoveries

Science is a lot like real estate: It’s about location, location, location, said UC San Francisco Physiology Professor David Julius, PhD, on the heels of his 2021 Nobel Prize. For five decades, UC ...
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Critic says BTS merits Nobel for 'Spring Day' poetry

Nobel praise: Yim Hun-Young says BTS's songwriting, especially in 'Spring Day', qualifies them for a Nobel Prize in Literature. Bob Dylan link: The critic compared BTS to Bob Dylan, the first ...
The New York Times

With the Nobel Prize in Literature, Greatness Is Not the Same as Popularity

As the Nobel Committee gets ready to admit a new writer into the pantheon, our critic asks: Is greatness overrated? Critic’s Notebook As the Nobel Committee gets ready to admit a new writer into ...
New York Magazine

Will Trump Win a Nobel Peace Prize? All About His Desperate Bid.

President Donald Trump just announced a deal that aims to bring an end to the brutal war between Israel and Hamas. If it holds, brokering the agreement that leads to a lasting cease-fire and the ...
Smithsonian Magazine

On This Day in 1906, a Nobel Prize Was Awarded to an American for the First Time for Ending a War on the Other Side of the Globe

On the tenth anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death, Prime Minister Gunnar Knudsen of Norway and the four other members of the Nobel committee gathered in Oslo to announce the recipient of the 1906 ...
MIT Technology Review

Three things in AI to watch, according to a Nobel-winning economist

Daron Acemoglu is more cautious than most about predictions of a jobs apocalypse. Here’s what’s worrying him instead.