Bagels, pretzels and 'Boo!' tell Nobel science

Committees take job of explaining principles behind the prizes seriously - and fun helps

STOCKHOLM - What do a pretzel and a scream have in common? They've all been used to explain to the public the highly complex scientific research honored with Nobel Prizes.

In recent years, the various Nobel science prize committees have gone to great lengths to make the pioneering discoveries understandable to a broad audience, occasionally finding creative and amusing ways of getting their message across.