Nobel Prize

A study shows that honeybees can learn to match symbols and numerosities, much like we humans do.

Einstein was born in Germany in 1879.

Accepting the Nobel Prize in 1966, German Jewish poet and dramatist Nelly Sachs said: "I represent the tragedy of the Jewish people."

William Nordhaus and Paul Romer won the award for their work on climate change and economic growth.

A Swedish court convicted the man at the center of the controversy over this year's canceled Nobel Prize in literature.

Nuclear weapons are not a force for good in the "right" hands. These are indiscriminate weapons of mass destruction, created to murder civilians.

After months of resignations and public spats, the Swedish Academy felt it lacked the credibility to award the prize.

There have been just seven years where the Swedish Academy failed to award the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Swedish author Klas Östergren resigned by quoting Leonard Cohen's lyrics.

Economist Paul Krugman took aim at Trump's false statements after he was handed a "fake news" award.

"I will not put my foot into the White House as long as Trump, Pence, or Ryan (i.e., the possible succession of impeachments) will occupy it," Joachim Frank said.

The international community has repeatedly condemned nuclear weapons as illegal, but nuclear-armed nations aren't relenting.

The British author's novels include "Never Let Me Go" and "The Remains of the Day."

Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson worked to develop cryo-electron microscopy, moving biochemistry "into a new era."

Rainer Weiss, Barry C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne win for "decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves."

You can't nominate yourself for a Nobel Prize. Don't even try.

Jeffrey C Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael Young were selected from a shortlist of 361 nominations.

"From your native country one cannot expect—in the foreseeable time—a more reasonable political attitude," he wrote of the U.S.

Dylan made history in 2016 as the first Western musician to be awarded a Nobel Prize in Literature.

British-born Oliver Hart and Finnish Bengt Holmstrom rewarded for work on contract theory, services and private vs. public institutions.

Ohsumi's work on cell breakdown can help explain what goes wrong in a range of diseases.

Anders Hamsten and Harriet Wallberg have both been asked to resign from the 50-member body.

The group that coordinated the open letter, Physicians For Human Rights, says 750 medical personnel have died in Syria since 2011.

The former Israeli president and Nobel Peace Prize winner believes science and technological innovation could transform the region.

Panels at the philosophy and music festival feature discussions of topics as varied as sexuality, feminism, gravity and democracy.

The Chechen leader gushed about the president he admires the most.

Previous winners of the prize include Malala Yousafzai and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Deaton's work in analyzing consumption, poverty and welfare has been a major influence on policy making.

the Swedish Academy calls her work chronicling Soviet life "a monument to suffering and courage in our time."

Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar are honored for work detailing how cells protect genetic information.