This story originally appeared on Asia Blog partner site ChinaFile, a new online magazine from Asia Society's Center on U.S.-China Relations. When Chinese novelist Mo Yan accepted the Nobel Prize in ...

The 2017 Nobel season ... chemistry winners than there are female laureates. Some researchers on Twitter took issue with the current criteria for awarding the Nobel. Each prize cannot be shared ...

regarded as the "Nobel Prize for philosophy." The Berggruen Institute, a think tank based in California, made the announcement on Dec. 8. Karatani, 81, is the first Asian recipient of the prize ...