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Nobel laureate Karl Deisseroth celebrated with school lunches

Original: Karl Deisseroth wins the Nobel Prize in Medicine, then makes school lunches for his kids: an intimate portrait of the mo

California scientist Karl Deisseroth has won the Nobel Prize in Medicine, honoured for his pioneering work in neuroscience. A portrait of the morning after his life-changing phone call shows him carrying on as usual, making school lunches for his children. The contrast between a world-shaking honour and ordinary parental routine is what readers are responding to.

Why now: The humanising contrast between winning a Nobel Prize and the mundane routine of packing kids' lunches has struck a chord.

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