How the Nobel Prize became the most controversial award on Earth

(via Vox)  It’s Nobel Prize season again, when a select few scientists, writers, economists, and people working toward peace will get phone calls at odd hours informing them that they’ve received one of the most prestigious awards on Earth.  From 1901 to 2015, 573 Nobel Prizes have been given out, including household names like Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Nelson Mandela, Ernest Hemingway, and the International Committee of the Red Cross. It’s a long, long history — long enough to be filled with plenty of drama and contention.