The US president has openly sought the award this year, saying he should receive it but that the awards committee might not give it to him. Society
The US president has openly sought the award this year, saying he should receive it but that the awards committee might not give it to him. Politics
Krasznahorkai, 71, previously won the 2015 Man Booker International Prize, and is known for his novels often unfolding in single sentences. Politics
The first sign something unusual was happening was the vanilla slice. Science
The US president has piled pressure on the Nobel Committee to get the award – but one historian says he would only win if the judges had a “nervous breakdown”. Politics
Richard Robson, 88, was one of three scientists who won the award in chemistry for a molecular framework that, among other things, can be used to suck water out of dry desert air. Politics
Nobel Prize-winning physicist Luis Alvarez was the Indiana Jones of science – albeit a grouchy one. Events
