Listen now (8 mins) | Scientific advancements sometimes mean the correction and alteration of previous discoveries and concepts. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the year 2021 involved such a revision. Benjamin List and David Macmillan, recipients of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, secured their place in history not only for their discovery dating back to 2000, but also for managing to erase a bad name that had plagued science for many years.