GoKawiilNature publishes quiz testing knowledge of female science Nobel laureates
Nature has released an interactive quiz asking readers to identify women who have won Nobel prizes in physics, chemistry and physiology or medicine. The feature accompanies the publication's broader look at the long-standing gender gap among science Nobel winners since the prizes began in 1901, and will be updated once this year's winners are announced.
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The quiz format is likely intended to draw attention to how few women have been honored across 125 years of science Nobels, a disparity that award-granting academies themselves have acknowledged. Highlighting individual laureates could help counter the relative public obscurity of female scientists compared with their male counterparts, even as the academies' procedural changes have yet to close the gap.
- Nature created a quiz on female Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry, and physiology or medicine.
- Women remain significantly underrepresented among science Nobel winners since 1901.
- Nobel-awarding academies have changed nomination procedures to try to diversify winners, though men still dominate.
Source: nature.com, 2026-10-02
Published there as: “Can you name the women who have won a science Nobel prize?”
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