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'We compete against problems, not against people.'
John B. Goodenough is the oldest person ever to receive a #NobelPrize . He was 97.
Watch our interview with him. We talked to the extraordinary chemistry laureate about life, science and love: bit.ly/3P9EGHQ
'Without nuclear arms, we run less risk of being drawn into the orbit of the great powers, with their hyper-dangerous weapons. And after all, there is no defense against them.”
- peace activist Alva Myrdal, awarded the 1982 #NobelPeacePrize
Learn more: nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1…
'We need diversity. We need different cultures. We need men and women, young and old, to work together to solve the big questions.'
May-Britt Moser will join us for our #NobelPrizeDialogue in Brazil to discuss the future of science.
Sign up here: nobelprize.org/events/nobel-p…
'We ask questions. We have the freedom to be critical. We have the freedom to explore.'
Chemistry laureate Ben Feringa on the links between democracy and science at our #NobelPrizeDialogue .
Watch more: bit.ly/3TlyVt8
'My brother was the first person I ever knew who went to uni...'
Read our interview with 2021 laureate David MacMillan, David MacMillan, shown here as a baby with his family (he is seated in his mother's lap): bit.ly/3qgiSOk
'I have always held that writers don’t really have biographies, and that the best way to find out about them is to read their books.'
- Literature laureate Olga Tokarczuk. Read more: bit.ly/3cQzHcB
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'Peace must be made real and tangible in the daily existence of every individual in need. Peace must be sought, above all, because it is the condition for every member of the human family to live a life of dignity and security.'
- Kofi Annan in his #NobelPeacePrize lecture
#Didyouknow that astronomers who observe cosmic clouds often nickname them after earthly resemblances?
'Gabriela Mistral Nebula' is one nickname for star formation region NGC 3324. The nebula is located in our Milky Way galaxy, 7,500 light-years from Earth.
'We are not making science for science. We are making science for the benefit of humanity.'
This #WorldHealthDay we celebrate Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her role in the discovery of human immunodeficiency (HIV) virus.
'Her story is so well known to the people of South America that, passed on from country to country, it has become almost a legend.'
Do you know the story of Chilean poet and #NobelPrize laureate Gabriela Mistral?
Read it here: bit.ly/3fdYV5S