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Every fall, the Nobel Foundation announces
the new crop of Nobel Prize winners, rewarding distinguished achievements
in the fields of physics, chemistry, economics, physiology or medicine,
literature and peace. Of the total 789 individual winners since
1901, we wonder: In which field have women received the most Nobel
Prizes?
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Sorry, "Physics and Chemistry"
is not the correct answer.
Only four different women have ever won
the Nobel Prize in the fields of physics and chemistry. The first
one of these was awarded to Marie Curie, who won as far back as
1903 for her work in physics.
She was the first woman ever to receive
the prize in any discipline. Just eight years later in 1911, Curie
won again, this time in the field of chemistry — and in doing
so became the first woman to ever win the Nobel Prize twice.
The Curie family legacy continued in 1935,
when daughter Irene Joliot Curie won for her research in the field
of chemistry.
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A
healthy human brain contains about 100 billion nerve cells. 
Holding
global warming steady at its current rate would require a worldwide
60-80% cut in emissions. 
Women
account for 46% of worldwide MBA candidates. 
Patients
in the United States average 3.8 physician visits annually per capita,
fewer than the developed-world average of 6.8. 
In
Spain, nearly 37% of people under the age of 25 are unemployed — the
highest rate in Europe. 
Germany's
birth rate fell to just 8.2 per 1,000 people in 2008, the lowest in
the EU.
Smart
phones' share of the global market has doubled from 7.1% in 2006 to
15.4% in 2009. 
Hollywood
produces about 500 films a year — half the number from India
— but has ten times the sales.
At
least 600 million people watched Neil Armstrong take his "giant leap
for mankind" on July 20, 1969, when Apollo 11 landed on the moon.
There
are more than 1,500 active volcanoes in the world, including 70 in
the United States.