Benjamin List, one of the joint winners for the Nobel Chemistry Prize 2021, says he "thought somebody was making a joke" when he received the call from Sweden to inform him of his award. Germany's List won the prize jointly with David MacMillan of the United States for their development of a precise new tool for molecular construction. SOUNDBITE

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