Nobel winner Tim Hunt sorry for ‘girls’ comments

A Nobel laureate has apologised for any offence caused by comments about the “trouble with girls” involved in science.

Tim Hunt, who was awarded the Nobel prize in physiology or medicine in 2001, said his comments had been intended as a joke.

He reportedly told the World Conference of Science Journalists in South Korea: “Let me tell you about my trouble with girls. Three things happen when they are in the lab: you fall in love with them, they fall in love with you, and when you criticise them they cry,” he said.