Living above a muscle building studio and crossing paths with a German spy during World War Two, medicine laureate Harvey Alter had an exciting childhood.

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“What is really important is to say curious. What I see is that you can be very, very smart, but if you're not curious, then that intelligence and that innate ability that you have is not going to get channelled.”

- chemistry laureate Moungi Bawendi.

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When Nobel Laureate Nouriel Roubini makes those unsparing remarks on 'crony capitalism', you know there is something seriously wrong with Indian economy.

He says that India has not been able to grow at more than 6% because crony capitalism is holding the country back.

How much do you know about the longest-living Nobel Prize laureate ever?

Learn more about medicine laureate Rita Levi-Montalcini who discovered nerve growth factor and was 103 years old when she passed away in 2012.

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Today would have marked the 106th birthday of legendary physicist, science communicator and #NobelPrize laureate Richard Feynman.

Feynman was awarded the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on quantum electrodynamics, including the introduction of the Feynman diagram.

Take a look at some photographs of literature laureate Rabindranath Tagore on the anniversary of his 163rd birthday.

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'It's never a good idea to work alone.'

Medicine laureate Edvard Moser on the importance of collaboration and discussing ideas with your colleagues.

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#Punjab 's #poet laureate , who passed away yesterday. RIP, sir.

We're celebrating the anniversary of the birth of a true great: Rabindranath Tagore, who was born #OnThisDay in 1861 in Calcutta, India.

The first non-European literature laureate, he was awarded the #NobelPrize 'because of his profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse...'

A name that resounds through history, a literary genius, India's first Nobel laureate in literature, Shri Rabindranath Tagore's timeless legacy consistently makes us proud.
Heartfelt tributes on his Birth Anniversary. His writings have been winning hearts across the world and…

'I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.'

Literature laureate Rabindranath Tagore dedicated his life to poetry, art and music, composing the Indian national anthem and the national anthem of Bangladesh.

Presenting the 'inverted' photograph of the man who wrote the National Anthem, India's first Nobel Laureate, an Educationist, a World Renowned Poet is the biggest insult to the man, to the real Bishwaguru himself. This is what happens when you steal others icons and show fake…

Maria Ressa recounts private audience with Pope Francis

WATCH: Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Rappler CEO Maria Ressa recounts the moment she approached Pope Francis and shook his hands during a private audience at the Vatican on Saturday, May 11.

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Scientists, including chemistry laureate John Polanyi, are always discovering new phenomena, but disinformation in today’s world undermines trust in scientists.

How do you think we can combat misinformation?

Vitamin B12 has the most complex structure of all vitamins. It was elucidated by Nobel Prize laureate and crystallography pioneer Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin.

Image: Detail from a model of the crystal structure of vitamin B12

“I was captured for life by chemistry and by crystals.”

#NobelPrize laureate Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin was one of the most outstanding X-ray crystallographers of her time.

She determined the structure of penicillin and vitamin B12, and the 3D structure of insulin.

'I was delighted too when I heard about the Nobel Prize, thinking as you did that my bongo playing was at last recognised.'

Physics laureate Richard Feynman was known for being a brilliant mind, a great explainer and - who can forget - an enthusiastic bongo player.

Humble tributes to Nobel laureate Gurudev #RabindranathTagore , the composer of the National Anthem, on his birth anniversary. He was a great poet, philosopher, artist, educationist, and novelist. His ideologies on educational reform and women empowerment will continue to inspire…

Astrophysicist S. Chandrasekhar, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1983, was the nephew of C. V. Raman, another Nobel laureate in Physics, who received the award in 1930.