First up, from NobelPrize.org:
Press release
2021-10-04
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutethas today decided to award the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to
David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian
for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch
Our ability to sense heat, cold and touch is essential for survival and underpins our interaction with the world around us. In our daily lives we take these sensations for granted, but how are nerve impulses initiated so that temperature and pressure can be perceived? This question has been solved by this year’s Nobel Prize laureates....
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And more importantly:
The Secret Formula For Winning a Nobel Prize
Hot on the heels of my astounding lack of success winning a MacArthur 'Genius Grant'* we visit BBC-Future.
My advice is to stay away from the hard science prizes and shoot for
something that can't be falsified, maybe a Peace or Economics Prize....
From the BBC:
We sift through the stats to discover the hidden factors behind capturing arguably the most prestigious prizes in the world.
Genius, passion, hard work, and a little bit of luck – that’s what we are told sets Nobel prize recipients apart from us mere mortals. But could there be any secret, hidden factors that come into play?...MORE
HT: I Love Charts
And a handy hint:"Nobel laureates are 22 times more likely to have hobbies compared to their peers"
So that's the hold up....
