https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG8totFxL9c “As a scientist I like to be in the laboratory and all of a sudden I was rushed to the spotlight” was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2023 for her work helping to develop covid vaccines which saved millions of lives worldwide. However misinformation created fear and mistrust in the vaccination…

“Where is there reliable information and where will you be getting that from?” Despite the impact on millions of lives, denial and lies about the climate emergency continue to spread online. But how can scientists get their message across? Nobel Prize laureate discusses how to use science, not politics, to guide the debate surrounding climate…

Nobel Prize Conversations “If I get an award, I have an opportunity to thank people. I also thank the people who tried to make my life miserable because they made me work harder and become more resilient” Working harder and becoming more resilient seems to be the story of Nobel Prize laureate Katalin Karikós’s life.…

For more than a century, scientists searched in vain for way to unleash the natural power of the immune system to fight cancer. Their dream is now a reality after two laureates found methods that block the brakes of the immune system and allow it to wage war against tumours. Their work has revolutionised cancer…

Interview with the 2023 Nobel Prize laureate in physiology or medicine Drew Weissman on 6 December 2023 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. What brought you to science? Drew Weissman: It’s a great question. I’m 64 years old, so there might’ve been when I was five and I just don’t remember anymore. Probably one…

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Interview with the 2022 Nobel Prize laureate in physiology or medicine Svante Pääbo on 6 December 2022 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Where does your passion for science come from? Svante Pääbo: I really don’t know where my passion from science comes from. I think my initial passion was much more for ancient history…

Interview with the 2023 Nobel Prize laureate in physiology or medicine Katalin Karikó on 6 December 2023 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. What brought you to science? Katalin Karikó: Honestly, I have to say my high school teacher, who said that ‘You could be a scientist’, and he said it so many times…

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