NOBEL WEEK: PRIZE FOR MEDICINE ANNOUNCED

It’s a big week for Nobel Prizes. On Monday, the prize for medicine was announced. The winners are Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Jack W. Szostak, and Carol W. Greider.

Today, Tuesday, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences reveals the winner of the physics prize. On Wednesday, the chemistry award is made public; on Thursday, it’s literature’s turn.

Occasionally no winner is announced.