Established in 1895 by Swedish inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, they honour significant contributions in six fields: literature, peace, economics, chemistry, physics, and medicine. Laureates ...

Joint Nobel laureates aren’t necessarily direct scientific collaborators, and the prize money isn’t always split evenly ...

The Nobel Prizes are awarded every year in December in memory of their founder and benefactor, Alfred Nobel. Here's what you can win an award in.

The billionaire Carlos Slim said that government welfare spending allocates too much to pensions while millions suffer ...

From drunk worms to mammals that breath through their anuses, founder Marc Abrahams on the winners of this year's Ig Nobel ...

The annual award ceremony featured costumes, songs and paper airplanes as scientists recognized comedic research across ten ...

From 350,757 coin flips to prove probability to assessing the swimming abilities of dead trout, the winners of the 2024 Ig Nobel Prize have been recognized for their work in absurd scientific research ...

Mammals that can breathe through their backsides, homing pigeons that can guide missiles and sober worms that outpace drunk ...

Actual Nobel laureates handed the winners their prizes ... The winners were honored in 10 categories, including for peace and ...