Nobel Prize

Karl Deisseroth a co-winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, poses for a portrait at Deisseroth’s CNC Lab at Stanford University School of Medicine in Palo Alto, California, U.S. August 10, 2021.

American Wins Nobel Prize for Controlling Brains With Light

Karl Deisseroth’s work was praised for helping map the brain “in a way that we could once only dream of.”

Ewan Palmer

President Donald Trump speaks on the day he signs an executive order regarding Quantum Computing, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 22, 2026.

Confused Trump, 80, Asks Professor ‘Did You Know My Uncle?’

The president asked an award-winning physicist the question in an toe-curling intervention.

Sarah Ewall-Wice

U.S. President Donald Trump holds a gold Olympic medal belonging to U.S. speed skater and Wisconsin native Jordan Stolz during an event at Custer Farms in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, U.S., June 5, 2026.

‘I’M KEEPING IT’

Trump, 79, Threatens to Steal Another Prize He Didn’t Win

The president’s well-known love of gold was on full display when an Olympian handed him a medal.

Olivia Ralph

Florent Montaclair's award was exhibited on the website of a non-existent International Society of Philology

Professor Probed After Giving Himself Fake Nobel-Style Prize

Florent Montaclair invented a bogus learned society just to decorate himself.

Tom Latchem

Donald Trump

BLOWN TO PEACES

Trump Demands Credit for Ending Wars as Iran Crisis Explodes

The “Peace President” is promising to end yet another war.

Will Neal

Donald Trump

Trump Snubs Nobel Winner Who Gifted Him Her Peace Prize

The president praised the opponent of the woman who gave him her Nobel Peace Prize.

Catherine Bouris