First reactions. Telephone interview, October 2024 “The dream came true!” The prize came as a big surprise, says Masako Wada, a representative from Nihon Hidankyo. In this interview shortly after learning about the prize, she shares her deep concerns on the world’s backlash on nuclear disarmament, not least after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. “Rather…

Interview, December 2024 Interview with the 2024 Nobel Prize laureate in literature, Han Kang, recorded on 6 December 2023 during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Han Kang answers the following questions (the links below lead to a clip on YouTube): What influence did your family have on your interest in writing? What did books mean…

Interview, December 2024 Interview with the 2024 chemistry laureate David Baker, recorded on 6 December 2024 during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. David Baker answers the following questions (the links below lead to a clip on YouTube): – What influence did your parents have on you? – How did you become interested in biology? -…

First reactions. Telephone interview, October 2024 “It’s absolutely extraordinary” John Jumper had just heard the news of his 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. “I thought I had a 10% chance,” he reveals. To save his nerves, his plan had been to sleep in until after the announcement, which didn’t quite work out. In the interview,…

Interview, December 2024 Interview with the 2024 chemistry laureate Demis Hassabis, recorded on 6 December 2024 during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Demis Hassabis answers the following questions (the links below lead to a clip on YouTube): – What sparked your interest in science and AI? – What inspired you to move into biology -…

Interview, December 2024 Interview with the 2024 Nobel Prize laureate in physics John J. Hopfield on 6 December 2024 during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. John J. Hopfield answers the following questions (the links below lead to a clip on YouTube): – How big a role did physics play in your childhood? – Is constant…

Interview, December 2024 Interview with the 2024 physics laureate Geoffrey Hinton, recorded on 6 December 2024 during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Geoffrey Hinton answers the following questions (the links below lead to a clip on YouTube): – How did you first learn about your Nobel Prize? – What was it like growing up in…

First reactions. Telephone interview, October 2024 ”A celebration of the way of doing science”  Victor Ambros speaks about the joy of basic research and the ever-expanding fascination of RNA. Recorded just after he found out about the prize, we also discover how the news was broken to the new laureate by his son, who began…

Interview, December 2024 Interview with the 2024 Nobel Prize laureate in physiology or medicine Gary Ruvkun on 6 December 2024 during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Gary Ruvkun answers the following questions (the links below lead to a clip on YouTube): – Where does your passion for science come from? – What fascinates you about…

Interview with the 2022 Nobel Prize laureate in physics John Clauser on 6 December 2022 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Where does your passion for science come from? John Clauser: Oh, I think that’s very clear. My dad was a scientist and when I was a kid, he was a professor, in fact…