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SCIENCE NEWS
Australia's first female Nobel Prize Winner

White Hat congratulates Dr Elizabeth Blackburn on becoming Australia's first female Nobel Prize Winner. Readers of our site will know that we have predicted that she would become a Nobel Prize winner for some time and that Elizabeth Blackburn has long been on our list of 200 Significant Australians and 100 Important Living Australians despite the National Trust Living Treasures list passing over her and people like Fields Medal winner Terry Tao in favour of minor media presenters. Congratulations Dr Blackburn from those thousands who like you studied science at the University of Melbourne.

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INVENTIONS NEWS
Australian 2009 International Future Energy Challenge winners announced

White Hat congratulates the two Florida engineering undergraduates who won the Australian 2009 International Future Energy Challenge with their invention to maximize the energy output of wind turbines. Click here for details.

 

INVENTIONS NEWS
Australian Brothers create Google Wave

White Hat congratulates the Danish-Australian brothers Lars and Jens Rasmussen. Building on the work of the Australian team that developed Google Maps, Lars and Jens created an interface to which they initially gave the very Australian name of Walkabout. It has recently been launched under the name Google Wave. For more information about Australian inventions go to The White Hat Guide to Australian Inventions.

 
SCIENCE NEWS
From the White Hat Melbourne Newsletter No.313 of 20th May 2009

Those of you interested in research, science, mathematics, engineering or education may be forgiven if you are not aware of a speech given recently which White Hat regards as possibly one of the most significant in this area in the last 30 years. You are unlikely to be aware of it because the mainstream Australian media gave it scant attention, and we have searched the ABC news website in vain for any reference to it. If there are science teachers or researchers out there feeling jaded or undervalued, do yourself a favour. Put aside half an hour to listen to President Obama’s speech to the National Academy of Sciences.

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ENVIRONMENT NEWS
Giant Soft Drink Manufacturer Admits its Bottled Water is Just Tap Water

A giant soft drink manufacturer has admitted that its popular bottled water product is just tap water. According to one commentator "Modern schooling encourages students to adopt an attitude on things to do with the environment, their body and other such issues and to question accepted attitudes - that is a good thing. At the same time modern schooling has downgraded the teaching of core skills such as formal logic, science and mathematics which enable students to critically analyse such issues, and replaced them with 'discussion' - that is a bad thing. Promoters and advertisers have spotted the gullibility chasm this has created for people wanting to 'do the right thing' and quickly moved to fill it with high-margin products and philosophies of dubious value or, often, demonstrably no value". more information >>

INVENTIONS NEWS
Australian Invention wins International Award

White Hat congratulates the two Australians, Phil Ashworth and Dr. Graham Robertson whose invention for baiting commercial long lines underwater is expected to save many thousands of seabirds each year from becoming accidently hooked and drowned by the fishing activities of coastal tuna and swordfish vessels worldwide. The World Wildlife Fund announced in Viga, Spain, that the invention had won their 2009 award to reward innovations from a field of 71 competitors from 27 countries. The award aims to minimise ‘bycatch’ (unintended and wasted wildlife casualties of commercial fishing) by rewarding and inspiring individuals and companies who create what they adjudge to be best inventions that achieve that purpose. The next award will be made in 2011. For more information about Australian inventions go to The White Hat Guide to Australian Inventions.

 
 
 
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SCIENCE NEWS
Australia's first female Nobel Prize Winner

White Hat congratulates Dr Elizabeth Blackburn on becoming Australia's first female Nobel Prize Winner. Readers of our site will know that we have predicted that she would become a Nobel Prize winner for some time and that Elizabeth Blackburn has long been on our list of 200 Significant Australians and 100 Important Living Australians despite the National Trust Living Treasures list passing over her and people like Fields Medal winner Terry Tao in favour of minor media presenters. Congratulations Dr Blackburn from those thousands who like you studied science at the University of Melbourne.

 

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