"As a woman in science I especially want to acknowledge those role models who gave me the courage and incentive to persevere; my hope is that I in turn can be that role model for my own daughters, who are just now launching out into the world, as well as for other young women who are excited about science." During her Nobel Prize banquet speech, medicine laureate Mary Brunkow took time to acknowledge the importance of role models. Read the full speech: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/

María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader who won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, said on Wednesday that she was on her way to Oslo after failing to appear at the ceremony to collect the prize. She has been living in hiding for more than a year. https://nyti.ms/4iNlVaR | The New York Times