WORLD-WIDE DAY IN SCIENCE is today … 21 April 2010. 10 minutes from you, a scientist, or science-based professional you know “The high point of your 21 April?” “What got you interested in science in the first place?” www.dayinscience.unsw.edu.au

WHY BOTHER? Consider the audience, the reach into high schools. Thousands of website hits each month.

PARTICIPANTS & INSTITUTIONS Barry Marshall, Peter Doherty, Fiona Wood, Brian Gaenssler, Terence Tao Staff from – Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, LPNHE-Paris, Fermilab, Ecole Polytechnic, Cambridge Enterprise Pty Ltd, Gene Technology Information Service, SymbioticA Pty Ltd, iThemba LABS, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Pfizer, Friends of the Earth, Bahrain Petroleum Company, United Arab Emirates University, Ceylon Tobacco Company, Civil Aviation Authority – Arabian Gulf British High Commission, Discovery Channel, Luna Media, Edinburgh University, U of the Republic of Uruguay, U of Queensland, Deakin University, U of New England, Pompeu Fabra U, TV Catalonia, U of Barcelona, and – of course – UNSW.

Will

William D. Rifkin, PhD Director, Science Communication Program Faculty of Science, BSB-BABS UNSW, Sydney, NSW 2052 AUSTRALIA

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