Nobel Prize Winners Receive Life-Changing News

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Some Nobel Prize winners learn they won very early in the morning. Another winner was in a park with no phone signal at all.

The Nobel Prizes are very important awards for great work. They honor discoveries in medicine, physics, and other fields.

Sometimes people expect to win the famous Nobel award. But often, science prizes go to less known researchers for older work.

Mary E. Brunkow woke up when a reporter knocked on her door. She found out then that she had won the medicine prize.

Another winner, Fred Ramsdell, was camping without any phone signal. He learned of his award much later from his wife's text messages.

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When do some Nobel Prize winners learn they won?

Some Nobel Prize winners learn they won very early in the morning.

What do the Nobel Prizes honor?

The Nobel Prizes honor discoveries in medicine, physics, and other fields.

How did Mary E. Brunkow find out she won the medicine prize?

Mary E. Brunkow woke up when a reporter knocked on her door.

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