Nobel Prizes Awarded

imrdkl writes: "Looks like Cisco has done a deal with CNN to present a nice overview of the Nobel Prizes this year. The Science awards that have been presented so far include one for singing atoms in Physics, as well as others linked from the URL above for medicine and chemistry. It's worth noting that the physics article was already covered here on slashdot, but now it's official for all."

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Re:applicability of Nobel Prizes in the modern wor

[rho]

The only awards that I can inequivocably agree with are the literature and peace awards. The United Nations has done a lot of good work, and it is a shame that the American government is blind to the advantages of supporting it completely.

I'd like to hear about the good work the UN has done. It seems to me that they have been involved in enough boondoggles that their win-lose percentage can't be greater than 50%--a number easily reachable by a blind rhesus monkey throwing darts at a "Yes/No" decision board.

While you're helping me out here, I'd like to hear some of the advantages America would gain from supporting the UN.