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The saga of Zhuo-Hua Pan, perhaps the rightful inventor of optogenetics, raises the question of what it means to invent something in science.

Major discoveries, including the role of DNA, the biological basis of psychology, and the human genome, missed out on science’s top recognition

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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2026 was awarded jointly to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.”

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Shoko Kawata, the mayor of Yawata, Kyoto Prefecture, was named to the magazine’s list of Most Influential Rising Stars.

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AI can function as a charismatic figure without standing on a stage, establishing a church or gathering disciples, writes a scholar of religion.