David Baker, the 2024 #NobelPrize laureate in chemistry, has achieved the seemingly impossible feat of building entirely new kinds of proteins. In recent years, one incredible protein creation after the other has emerged from Baker’s laboratory. They range from new nanomaterials where up to 120 proteins spontaneously link together (see animation) to proteins that function as a type of molecular rotor. Animation: ©Terezia Kovalova/The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences | Nobel Prize

Dear Pink Floyd - a powerful new poem written and performed by Poet Laureate Simon Armitage. Watch here: https://PinkFloyd.lnk.to/DearPinkFloyd Inspired by Pink Floyd and their era-defining album Wish You Were Here, this piece arrives ahead of the album’s 50th anniversary release on December 12th. #PFWYWH50 | Pink Floyd

The Trump administration revoked the visa of acclaimed Nigerian author and Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka. His response: “I am very content with the revocation of my visa.” | AJ