Science

Nobel Prize honors discovery of temperature, touch receptors

A man stands at a podium in front of a screen with two headshots.
Thomas Perlmann (right), the secretary-general of the Nobel Committee, stands next to a screen displaying the winners of the 2021 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine David Julius (left) and Ardem Patapoutian, during a press conference at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm on Monday.
Jonathan Nackstrand | AFP via Getty Images

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