Fire and Craig C. Mello received the 2006 Nobel Prize for discovering the role of RNA interference ( RNAi ), in the silencing of gene expression.

In 2006 Young established the Lulu Blooker Prize, a book prize for books that began as blogs.

* In 2006, The Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem awarded Colin Powell with the Truman Peace Prize for his efforts to conduct the " war against terrorism ," through diplomatic as well as military means, and to avert regional and civil conflicts in many parts of the world.

The opening ceremony of the International Congress of Mathematicians ( ICM ) is where the awards are presented: Fields Medals ( two to four medals are given since 1936 ), the Rolf Nevanlinna Prize ( since 1986 ), the Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize ( since 2006 ), and the Chern Medal Award ( since 2010 ).

For instance, in 2006 a study showing that one of the malaria mosquitoes ( Anopheles gambiae ) is attracted equally to the smell of Limburger cheese and the smell of human feet earned the Ig Nobel Prize in the area of biology.

* 1920 – Owen Chamberlain, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 2006 )

* 1921 – Robert Bruce Merrifield, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 2006 )

In November 2005 it was announced that Led Zeppelin, and Russian conductor Valery Gergiev, were the winners of the 2006 Polar Music Prize.

Among the band's awards are an American Music Award in 2005, and the Polar Music Prize in 2006.

Nakamura was awarded the 2006 Millennium Technology Prize for his invention.

A Friedman Prize was given to the late British economist Peter Bauer during 2002, Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto during 2004, Mart Laar, former Estonian Prime Minister during 2006 and a young Venezuelan student Yon Goicoechea during 2008.

Laar won the 2006 Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty, awarded by the Cato Institute.

Naguib Mahfouz (, ; 11 December 1911 – 30 August 2006 ) was an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature.

* Article dated 31 August 2006 from The Independent: " Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz dies aged 94 "

Orhan Pamuk, winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature.

* " Major math problem is believed solved ", Wall Street Journal, July 21, 2006 explains the current Millennium Prize situation.

Studies on RNA interference gleaned a Nobel Prize for Andrew Fire and Craig Mello in 2006, and another Nobel was awarded for studies on transcription of RNA to Roger Kornberg in the same year.

In 2006, Freitas was awarded Lifeboat Foundation's Guardian Award, and he received the 2007 Foresight Prize in Communication from the Foresight Institute.

George Miller and Christiane Fellbaum were awarded the 2006 Antonio Zampolli Prize for their work with WordNet.

** Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian writer, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 2006 )

** Milton Friedman, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 2006 )

* July 10 – Owen Chamberlain, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 2006 )

* July 15 – Robert Bruce Merrifield, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate ( died 2006 )

* 2006: Golden Lion ( Children of Men, nominated )

* Harwood, V. ( 2006 ) Diagnosing ' Disorderly ' Children.

In 1979 the American feminist writer Fran Hosken ( 1920 – 2006 ) presented research about it — The Hosken Report: Genital and Sexual Mutilation of Females — to the first Seminar on Harmful Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children, sponsored by the WHO.

The Children of Gebelawi ( 1959, also known as " Children of our Alley ") one of Mahfouz's best known works, has been banned in Egypt for alleged blasphemy over its allegorical portrayal of God and the monotheistic Abrahamic faiths of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, until the ban was released in 2006.

The television series Moonlighting ( 1985 – 1989 ), Married ... with Children ( 1987 – 1997 ), NewsRadio ( 1995 – 1999 ), Gilmore Girls ( 2000 – 2007 ), and Standoff ( 2006 – 2007 ) have also adapted elements of the screwball comedy genre for the small screen.

* McIntosh, Kenneth Following Aslan: A Book of Devotions for Children, Anamchara Books, 2006

* Children of Men ( 2006 )

In 2006, he appeared in the films Children of Men and The Prestige.

* Children of Men ( 2006 )

In 2006, the organization Save the Children has ranked the countries of the world, and found that Scandinavian countries are the safest places to give birth, whereas countries in sub-Saharan Africa are the least safe to give birth.

In 2006, as well as performing with Peter Furniss and Thomas Bowles, he made a guest appearance for BBC Children in Need performing live, then assisting Terry Wogan collecting donations from the studio audience.

* del Mazo, Pilar ( 2006 ) " The Multicultural Schoolbus: Is Bilingual Education Driving Our Children, and Our Nation, Towards Failure?

Woolwich was used as a location for the 2006 film Children of Men.

* The 2006 dystopian film Children of Men portrays a shattered Bexhill as a government-quarantined refugee camp for immigrants.

Kreviazuk also provided additional vocals on a Men, Women & Children song titled " Monkey Monkee Men ", from their 2006 self-titled debut album.

Tartan Fields Golf Club, which hosted the LPGA's Wendy's Championship for Children from 2002 through 2006, is in the village of Tartan Fields that neighbors Dublin.

Children running for a bun in 2006.

The 2006 film V for Vendetta drew inspiration from controversial issues such as The Patriot Act and the War on Terror, while science fiction thrillers such as Children of Men ( also 2006 ) and District 9 ( 2009 ) commented on diverse social issues such as xenophobia, propaganda, and cognitive dissonance.

* Harriet Amos and Alice Meyers: Thomas Coram: The Man Who Saved Children: London: Foundling Museum: 2006: ISBN 0-9551808-0-5

Other roles have included the mysterious, schizophrenic mother of a teenager in boarding school in On My Own ( 1993 ), the lifelong Australian Communist Party member reacting to the downfall of the Soviet Union in Children of the Revolution ( 1996 ), two more Allen films, Deconstructing Harry ( 1997 ) and Celebrity ( 1998 ), a highly-strung White House chief of staff in Absolute Power ( 1997 ), a supportive mother in Swimming Upstream ( 2003 ) and supporting roles in two 2006 films, The Break-Up and Marie-Antoinette.

In November 2006, Bunton released the charity single for the BBC Children in Need appeal, recording Petula Clark's 1960s song " Downtown ".

" Downtown " is the 2006 BBC Children in Need official charity single and reached No. 3 in the UK singles chart.