Why Didn't They Win? 10 Huge Discoveries Without a Nobel Prize
National Geographic science writers, bloggers, and editors pick groundbreaking advances and inventions that should have won a Nobel.
The 2014 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has gone to three scientists who discovered brain cells that help us stay oriented—our "inner GPS." Announced Monday, the award kicks off the annual salute to human accomplishment that is Nobel week, including Friday's announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize. (See: "Nobel Prize a Reminder of How the Brain Can Surprise Us.")
The ritual of Nobel speculation, particularly about who will win the three science prizes, got the editors at National Geographic thinking: What amazing discoveries haven't won? We asked our Phenomena science bloggers, science editors, and select contributors to pick their favorite advance or invention that was passed over.
Here are their ten picks for discoveries and inventions that
