Gore claims he is deserving of the prize for finally ridding the world of ManBearPig. picked by readingitall 3 years ago

MORE than 15,000 people have signed an internet petition calling for late pop star Michael Jackson to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

In her op-ed column today, NY Times columnist Maureen Dowd imagines a conversation between former president Bill Clinton and George W. Bush discussing President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize win. picked by suebe 2 months ago

In 1976, a young Bangladeshi economics professor named Muhammad Yunus founded Grameen Bank to implement microcredit — lending small sums to the very poorest members of society. Today, he and his bank share the Nobel Peace prize. picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

The Nobel prize, like anything awarded by humans is subject to politics, prejudices, and other forms of manipulation. Scientific America gives us some of the worst snubs in the Nobel's history picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

And the 2007 Nobel prize for peace goes to... picked by DrNothing 2 years ago

Following on from my earlier post, more details on one of the three men awarded the Nobel Prize today, whose life has been nothing if not interesting to date. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

Yunus' Grameen bank gives 'micro loans' (sometimes as little as $9) to entrepreneurs too poor to qualify for traditional bank loans.

Link to the Wikipedia article on Yunus:

picked by peggyarcher 3 years ago

Keeps the Prize in the family. picked by tomphoolry 3 years ago

Sometimes the Nobel Peace Prize is given to those who create international efforts to change the world for the better. Linus Tovalds, named for the 1962 Peace Prize winner, Linus Pauling, fits that definition. His Linux is changing the world and giving computer access and knowledge to the world. picked by 2manyusernames 1 week ago

Two Americans and a U.S.-based Japanese scientist won the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for research on a glowing jellyfish protein that revolutionized the ability to study disease and normal development in living organisms. 30 years after the discovery.

Here's a picture of a "brainbow" using the technique. picked by jhordie 1 year ago

Mario Capecchi, Martin Evans and Oliver Smithies were awarded £755,000 for their techniques involving manipulating mouse stem cell manipulation to simulate human diseases in mice.

Slightly more neutral angle of reportage here picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

"I knew it was a possibility, but I didn't really expect it for perhaps a few more years. Both Andrew and I are fairly young, 40 or so, and it's only been about eight years since the discovery."

EIGHT YEARS they had to wait? picked by dollyllama 3 years ago

The team from The Air Force Wright Laboratory, Dayton, Ohio developed a "gay bomb" -the chemical weapon that is aimed at enemy soldiers who will become sexually attracted to each other after the attack of this weapon. picked by maxriter 2 years ago

Nine days ago, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Muhammad Yunus, Bangladeshi economist and spark plug of the worldwide microcredit movement. In a nutshell, community organizations and non-profit organizations loan poor people bits of money so that they can start or improve their tiny businesses. This is an interesting op-ed piece on the pros and cons of microcredit. picked by hypnotode 3 years ago

Professor Robert Edwards has made countless people happy and is responsible for giving life to over 3,000,000 people.
Is it time the Nobel took note? picked by Milkshake 3 years ago

Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk, whose uncommon lyrical gifts and uncompromising politics have brought him acclaim worldwide and prosecution at home, won the Nobel literature prize Thursday for his works dealing with the symbols of clashing cultures. picked by icepigs 3 years ago

Freedom of Speech is one of America's greatest rights. Sadly it is a very rare freedom. Many countries - even countries you'd expect to be freedom-lovers say no to free speech. Oh you have the right to say nice sweet things, but you can't say anything mean or negative, anything that might hurt a group's feelings.

wasn't going to post this, but it fit in with the salon owner article picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

Bad news for American writers hoping for a Nobel Prize next week: the top member of the award jury believes the United States is too insular and ignorant to compete with Europe when it comes to great writing. picked by Nateebiinature 1 year ago

But there is one more prize that Obama deserves. Please do your part to make it happen.

*THIS IS NOT A DUPE!* picked by 2manyusernames 2 months ago