“Toward the end of my senior year I received a letter that was the fulfilment of my life’s dream, an acceptance letter to Rochester Medical School. Only at the birth of my children did I ever experience equal elation.” - laureate Harvey Alter.

Read more: nobelprize.org/prizes/medicin…

Imagine being named by literature laureate Rabindranath Tagore, that is what happened to Amartya Sen. Tagore suggested Sen’s unusual first name to his mother. 'Amartya' means immortal (Bengali অমর্ত্য ômorto, lit. 'immortal'). Read Sen's article on Tagore: bit.ly/2HKLdrt

'Every day, I live with the real threat of spending the rest of my life in jail just because I’m a journalist.' - 2021 peace laureate Maria Ressa

On #WorldPressFreedomDay learn more about journalist Ressa that never stops fighting for freedom of speech: bit.ly/3UY3ItY

“I think science can contribute a lot to a peaceful world,” says physics laureate Ferenc Krausz.

Watch him speak about the importance of collaboration and diversity: bit.ly/3xEAp9n

#NobelPrize

For many years we knew humans have an internal, biological clock that helps them anticipate and adapt to the regular rhythm of the day. But how does this clock actually work?

Laureates Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael Young found out how: nobelprize.org/prizes/medicin…

'We have to take care of her so that our children and grandchildren may continue to benefit from her. If the world does not learn now to show respect to nature, what kind of future will the new generations have?'

- Rigoberta Menchú Tum in her #NobelPrize lecture.

“My first chemistry exam at Harvard was a disaster,” says chemistry laureate Moungi Bawendi. Luckily, this experience did not stop him from following his passion. Learn more: youtu.be/nDPOUfx2zz4

#NobelPrize

What is the meaning of life?

Hear 2021 chemistry laureate Benjamin List answer the question we all are trying to find an answer to.

#NobelPrize

Did you know that Santiago Ramón y Cajal wanted to be an artist as a boy but his father wanted him to study medicine? He put his artistic skills to good use in the detailed and beautiful pictures of the nervous systems he studied.

Learn more: bit.ly/2IpBW7D

“My life has been full of directions I never imagined. As an 18-year-old refugee from Lebanon, I had no idea I would become a scientist, and certainly not the recipient of a Nobel Prize.” – 2021 medicine laureate Ardem Patapoutian Ardem Patapoutian.

Read more: bit.ly/41RssIV

#OnThisDay in 1982, more than 30,000 demonstrated in Warsaw, Poland, for the release of union leader Lech Wałęsa from prison.

The former electrician was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983 for securing workers' rights to establish their own union organisations.

'That evening in late April 1972 was when my career as a secret courier to Solzhenitsyn started.'

Read Stig Fredrikson's remarkable story of how he helped smuggle out 1970 literature laureate, Alexandr Solzhenitsyn's Nobel Prize lecture: bit.ly/3T9TXJT

“Raping a woman, raping the children and hurting them, and showing it to the community, is a way of traumatising everyone.”

Denis Mukwege received the 2018 peace prize for trying to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war. More info The Guardian:
theguardian.com/global-develop…

“Somewhere in the back of my mind, I’m still a singer-songwriter.”

Did you know that Kazuo Ishiguro wrote songs for jazz singer Stacey Kent? Hear him talk about his journey from guitars to novels.

#JazzDay

#OTD in 1897, British physicist J. J. Thomson presented his research on cathode rays culminating in the discovery of the electron. The announcement took place during an evening lecture at the Royal Institution in London.

In 1906, he was awarded the #NobelPrize in Physics.

“They do not discriminate between combatant and civilian, nor between battlefield and village. You cannot see them. You cannot smell them. And they offer no warning for the unsuspecting.”

- 2013 peace laureate OPCW, which works to eliminate chemical weapons from our world.

“Radiocarbon dating had its origin in a study of the possible effects that cosmic rays might have on the earth,” said Willard Libby. In 1949 he developed a method harnessing radioactive decay to determine the age of organic materials and revolutionised archaeology.

Guido Imbens was awarded the prize in economic sciences alongside his friends Joshua Angrist and David Card. He spoke to us about the importance of friendship: bit.ly/3TesDKj