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Local 'scientific rock stars' among Prime Minister prize winners

ANU's Adele Morrison and Si Ming Man among Prime Minister's Prizes for Science recipients

The Canberra Times · Nov 21, 2022

How to Stand Up to a Dictator by Maria Ressa review – tales of a moral giant

With this important memoir cum manifesto, the Nobel peace prize-winning journalist who took on Facebook and the murderous Duterte regime in the Philippines exposes the abuse of power

The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2022

Meet Newcastle uni's latest STEM superstar

The work of University of Newcastle physics lecturer Dr Karen Livesey will be highlighted in a national program designed to boost the visibility of women in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, maths and medicine) fields.

Newcastle Herald · Nov 17, 2022

For East Timor president, ASEAN membership a lifelong dream

It was as a budding diplomat in the 1970s that Jose Ramos-Horta, a man who would go on to win the Nobel prize for his fight for East Timor's independence, first raised the idea of his country joining Southeast Asia's economic and political bloc.

Reuters · Nov 12, 2022

Top global environment projects up for Scottish university's major prize

THREE finalists have been selected for a global environment prize backed by a Scottish university.

The National (Scotland) · Nov 9, 2022

North East firm LCM makes final for prestigious Earthshot Prize 2022

The Seaham firm is one of just 15 Earthshot finalists from around the world

Birmingham Post · Nov 4, 2022

Indigenous women rangers of the Great Barrier Reef make the finals of Prince William's Earthshot Prize Awards

Larissa Hale — who runs a trailblazing network of Indigenous women rangers in Queensland — has been announced as the only Australian finalist in Prince William's Earthshot Prize, which aims to seek out cutting-edge solutions to save the planet.

ABC News · Nov 4, 2022

Nobel winners call attention to Egypt political prisoners

A group of winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature have urged world leaders to raise human rights issues as they visit Egypt for the COP27 climate change conference

The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2022

COP27: Nobel Prize winners demand Egypt free political prisoners

Nobel Literature laureates urge world leaders to pressure Cairo to free dissidents ahead of the COP27 summit.

Al Jazeera · Nov 2, 2022

British-Egyptian hunger striker may die in prison, Nobel laureates warn world leaders attending Cop27

Alaa Abd El-Fattah has been on hunger strike for six months and will refuse water from 6 November, the first day of the climate summit

The Guardian - AU · Nov 2, 2022