GoKawiilNobel science prizes go to all-male lineup again in 2026, committees vow reforms
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics, Chemistry and Physiology or Medicine were all awarded to men, extending a pattern seen repeatedly this century, even as the Peace Prize went to South African lawyer Navi Pillay and the Literature Prize to Canadian writer Anne Carson. Nature reports that since 2019 only seven science Nobels have gone to women, with four years producing no female laureates at all. A committee representative told Nature that members are concerned about the imbalance and want to see it change.