We gathered 4,483 such comparisons. From this portfolio of questions we can back out progress in science (according to this metric) over the decades.
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Some of this rise in ages is a political thematic shift from single-effort awards to lifetime-achievement awards. The late-period committees are deciding the "who" first and then backfill the "what", and thus biases toward those who've had a longer career.
It'd be interesting to find a smoking gun for that. Anecdotally I've heard similar, though but one naturally wonders if earlier decades were any different.
