Nobel Prize For Medicine Awarded, Physics Soon To Follow

Nobel Prize season is here again, and the first award for Physiology or Medicine was split between two virologists who discovered HIV and one who demonstrated that a virus causes cervical cancer. Coming soon is the announcement for Physics. Look to the right for a chance to pit your selection wit against the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences with a poll for which scientific achievement deserves the prize. Front runners, according to Reuters, are; Andre Geim and Kostya Novoselov, discovers of graphene, Vera Rubin, provider of the best evidence yet of dark matter, and Roger Penrose and Dan Shechtman, discoverers of Penrose tilings and quasicrystals.

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Re:OH, boy - can't wait for the Peace Prize

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I'm betting on Fidel Castro for the first peaceful transition in power in Cuba in 40 years.

Not if previous years give us any indication on what they're looking for in a candidate. They gave it to Al Gore for his battle with Global Warming. This year, I think it's going to Michael Phelps for his battle against humans-not-being-able-to-breathe-underwater.