🌞 Long lost wedding video gets found

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🔬👩‍🔬 Science community honoured

This week has been dominated by overseas success with the announcement of Nobel Prizes, but a bit closer to home, we’ve also had our science community honoured. The Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science recognises achievements in scientific research, research-based innovation and excellence in science teaching. There were seven winners announced earlier this week across a range of areas.

One of the winners was Daniel Edwards, who won the Prime Minister’s Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching in Primary Schools for creating new opportunities for students to learn science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects. He’s the founder of GreenSTEM Education, a charity that gives equitable access to STEM education for young people, especially those from underrepresented backgrounds.

Another team awarded on the night were Professor Andrew F Wilks and Dr Chris Burns, who are credited with inventing momelotinib, a drug to help treat myelofibrosis (a type of bone marrow cancer).

An announcement of their win said “their innovation shows that it is possible to translate Australian academic life science research into medicines with global impacts”.

There’s no shortage of inspiration in this group, so here’s the rest of the list for you to read about!

💍 Long lost wedding video

An Aussie couple have been reunited with their wedding video 57 years after they were married.

Aileen and Bill Turnbull got married in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1967 and later relocated to Australia, sans wedding video. According to an interview with the BBC, the video of their special day was captured on equipment borrowed from a work colleague. The pair apparently watched the video once on a borrowed projector, but when they returned the projector, they accidentally returned the video with it.

Decades later, the video was found after a man in Aberdeen, where the two were married, got some film developed and posted a still image from the video on Facebook.

Months later, the Turnbulls, across the world in Brisbane, recognised themselves in the image of their wedding day, which they had only ever watched once. They immediately got in touch with the person who had posted it and were sent the video.

According to Aileen, "I was just saying to my neighbours, we've got our wedding album, and the majority of people in that have passed away. So seeing the film was just surreal. A few of them are still with us."

How’s that for social media being used for good!

🎵 Feel good song of the week

✍️ Writer becomes first South Korean winner

This week, Han Kang became the first South Korean writer to ever win the Nobel Prize for Literature. The committee said Han was awarded the prize for her “intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life”. If you’re not familiar with her work, Han is best known for ‘The Vegetarian’, which was released in 2007 and tells the story of a South Korean woman who turns to vegetarianism.

A member of the Nobel Committee said ”Han Kang writes intense, lyrical prose that is both tender and brutal”. And she’s no stranger to awards either, having won the prestigious Booker Prize in 2016. Han, like the other Nobel winners, will be awarded $1.46 million for winning the prize.

When asked how she would be celebrating the win, Han said: “After this phone call I’d like to have tea – I don’t drink – I’m going to have tea with my son and I’ll celebrate it quietly tonight.”

Sounds like a winner to me.

Message from Intrepid Travel

Travel for Your Wellbeing: Amelia’s Story

In honour of World Mental Health Day, we’re reflecting on ways to consciously take care of our mental health. Alongside meditating and long walks on the beach, travel is also a really great way to help boost your wellbeing.

For 19-year-old Amelia, her first trip outside of Australia with Intrepid was a true mental reset.

“Travel really pushed me. I used to feel stuck in my routine, but now I know there’s so much more I’m capable of. I came home feeling like a different person.”

Exploring new countries opened Amelia’s eyes to different ways of living and finding fulfilment. The biggest surprise? The connections she made along the way.

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😊 Community good news

Last week, we brought you the tale of the man who makes a marathon look easy - Nedd Brockmann. The 24-year-old electrician set himself a goal to run 1610km over ten days, aiming to become the fastest 1000-mile runner in history.

To beat the record, he needs to be running about four marathons a day - and as we write this, he’s ticked over 1200km after over a week of running around an athletics track in Sydney.

It’s not just about the running - Nedd is also raising money for ‘We are Mobilise’, an Australian charity that supports Australians facing homelessness. They’ve just passed the milestone of $1m raised over the course of Nedd’s run.

The blisters are getting their own blisters, and the calves are seizing up - but Nedd is a man on a mission and won’t stop running.

You can follow his progress live on TikTok here, and learn more about We Are Mobilise here. 

📸 Photo of the day

The aurora borealis (northern lights) light up the night sky in Kinghorn, Scotland.

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