Your phone rings, and it's a number from Sweden. Do you answer? A Nobel Prize winner didn't

This year’s Nobel Prize science winners got the good news from early morning phone calls and door knocks. The winners join the pantheon of Nobel laureates, from Albert Einstein to Mother Teresa. Sometimes, the award is anticipated. Potential winners plan tentative news conferences. In the western U.S., some wait up all night for the news. Others are fast asleep until the news comes with a knock at the door before dawn. Wednesday’s chemistry prize marked the first time this week where the Nobel committee reached all three winners ahead of the formal announcement.