Nobel winners, neutrino detectors and nature’s longest-living tortoise

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This week’s science news roundup unpacks the 2026 Nobel Prizes—from controlling brain cells with flashes of light to catching ghostly neutrinos from distant galaxies in Antarctic ice to building mirror-image molecules one at a time. Plus, we meet Jonathan, a 194-year-old tortoise whose DNA might hold the secret to a longer life. Recommended Reading: 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to pioneers in ‘mirror’ chemistry 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Francis Halzen, pioneer of high-energy neutrinos 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to scientists behind optogenetics The oldest known land animal is 194. How did he get so ancient? E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com…