Nobel Prizes are awarded this time of year and here are the current outcomes:

Physiology & Medicine: ANDREW Z. FIRE, and CRAIG C. MELLO for their discovery of RNA interference - gene silencing by double-stranded RNA.

Physics: JOHN C. MATHER and GEORGE C. SMOOT for their discovery of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation.

Chemistry: ROGER D. KORNBERG for his studies of the molecular basis of eukaryotic transcription.

Literature: TBA

Economics: October 9th

Peace: October 13th

Congratulations to all!