HTTP:: No New Nobel Prizes Will Be Created
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Over the past few years, an eminent group of scientists has argued that the range of Nobel Prizes awarded every year should be increased, so as to reflect the new fields of science. The prizes, which are the highest a scientist can get, are currently only awarded for a few categories, and experts say that these do not reflect the full extent of modern science. In response, senior officials from the Nobel Foundation say that no new prizes will be created, and that Alfred Noble's legacy will be preserved the way he intended it to, the BBC News reports. In an open letter ten top scientists sent to the Foundation, it is argued that domains such as public health, environmental science, or ecology are not well represented with prizes, and that important contributions to humankind's knowledge are being ignored and unrecognized. The document was published in the New Scientist magazine. Sir David King, the former science advisor for the United Kingdom government, was also among t!
he scientists who signed the letter. He argues, some say with merit, that the scientific world today has little to do with that of the early 20th century, when Nobel Prizes started being awarded. “We're faced with a whole bunch of new challenges simply not foreseen when the Nobel prizes were formulated. When Alfred Nobel signed his will in...
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