About

Understand what the laureates actually did, in a few minutes.

Every October the Nobel Prizes are announced, and every year most of us read a one-line citation, nod, and move on. The work behind the prize, the discovery, the book, the cause, stays a mystery. Nobel Explained sits in that gap.

Each prize since 2020 gets a short, self-paced course. You pick how deep you want to go, you guess before the answer is revealed, and you check yourself with a quick quiz. The aim is not to skim the news. It is to actually understand the idea well enough to explain it to someone else.

How it works

• Three depths. ELI5 gives you one clear analogy. Undergrad gives you the real mechanism in plain language. Expert gives you the technical core, including the key equation or method where it genuinely helps.
• Predict, then reveal. Each course asks you to make a guess before it explains. Making a prediction is what makes the explanation stick.
• Check yourself. A short quiz with explanations, so you leave knowing whether you got it.
• Your own notes. Jot down what clicked. Notes save on your device and export to a single Markdown file whenever you want them.

What it costs

Nothing. There are no accounts, no paywall, and no tracking that follows you around. The whole site is static files: it loads fast, works offline once opened, and your progress and notes never leave your device.

How it stays accurate

The hard facts come from the official Nobel Prize API and are checked automatically on every build. The explanations are written from the official prize material and Wikipedia, with sources listed on each page. If a fact ever fails its check, the site will not build. You can read more on the methodology page.

Who made it

Nobel Explained is an independent educational project, not affiliated with the Nobel Foundation. It was built for the love of understanding hard ideas. If you spot an error, the sources on each prize page are the place to start.