Coronavirus - new variants
BBC Inside Science
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Is the Nobel Prize Really Lifetime Achievement Award?
I would be surprised and, in fact, disappointed if they weren't already having this discussion about whether there's some need now to update the way the prizes are awarded. I think everyone is a little bit confused these days about what the Nobels are about. Sometimes you get the feeling that the award is being given as a sort of Lifetime Achievement Award. Or maybe I should get it. Well, when that phone call comes for, I won't care, I'll just say yes.
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