The Nobel Prize In Physics: 117 Years, Three Women And Counting Donna Strickland is the first woman to win the prize in a generation. Other women in physics are not surprised, but some hope change may be coming. Geoff Brumfiel Play AudioListen 4 mins
Better Than Cash: How Awards Can Shape Our Behavior Our modern world is saturated with awards. From elementary school classrooms to Hollywood to the hallways of academia, there's no shortage of prizes — and people who covet them. Yet we rarely stop to ask, do they work? We pose that question to economist Bruno Frey, who argues that awards can have a powerful, positive effect on our behavior — but only if they're designed well. Shankar Vedantam Jennifer Schmidt Tara Boyle Thomas Lu Play AudioListen 29 mins
