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Podcast: Nobel Prize Conversations
Episode: First reactions | Ardem Patapoutian, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2021 | Telephone interview
Description: “In science many times it’s the things that we take for granted that are of high interest.” – As Ardem Patapoutian says, sometimes the familiar can yield the best surprises. When it comes to figuring out how our senses work, the sense of touch “was kind of the big elephant in the room.” Patapoutian had his phone on Do Not Disturb when Stockholm tried to call him but got the news, via his Dad, just in time to watch the press conference, sitting in bed with his son Luca. Adam Smith caught him there to record this brief call moments afte...