Quanta has a good write up.<p><a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/nobel-prize-awarded-for-cells-adaptations-to-oxygen-20191007/" rel="nofollow">https://www.quantamagazine.org/nobel-prize-awarded-for-cells...</a>
Will the committee ever move past its antiquated restriction of three people per award? No glory is saved for the dozens if not hundreds of people (and institutions) who enabled this research.
The Nobels used to be elite but I think more and more are seen as out of touch and behind the times. Theyre only awarded to people who are already very, very famous. They've ceased lifting and now are content to coronate/free ride.<p>Look at prizes which honor younger/more diverse awardees: MacArthur, Breakthrough, Packard... Even the Laskar is ahead here.<p>That's not to mention their history of awarding for the right science but the wrong people. Usually, the older/whitier/male-r/famous-r people.<p>Good riddance!
Yes stick to medicine. Psychology is in the puffy science zone (social science). Medicine is the oldest practice and I'm happy to see it being rewarded.